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NEW LONDON, CONN. 


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THIS WELL-KNOWN SUMMER RES'ORT, ONE OF TUB 
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OPENED JUNE 11th BY C. B. WAITE, OF BREVOORT HOUSE, 
NEW YORK. 

THE COTTAGES CONTAIN FROM FIVE TO TWELVE ROOMS 
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—of— 

HARTFORD, CONN. 


JOB L. GREENE, President, | WM. G. ABBOT, Secretary. 


ORGANIZED IN 1846. 


Assets, Jan. 1, 1884...$52,571,101 46 

Surplus by Connecticut Standard. 4,064,256 47 

Surplus by New York Standard. 7,202,571 84 

Amount paid for Death Claims from Dec. 25, 1846 to 

Jan. 1, 1884. . 44,207,844 14 

Endowment Policies paid in same period. 6,271,389 91 


THE NEW CONTRACT 

of this Company provides perfect protection, as the policy grants 
insurance throughout life, which insurance may be terminated at the 
option of the insured, and a sum realized for himself, as provided 
in the policy by the largest cash surrender values ever offered in a 
Life Insurance contract. The cash value may be drawn at the end of 
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PROTECTION AND INVESTMENT. 

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fection of life insurance—protection for your families if you die, and 
a solid investment if you live. 

Its excellence will be appreciated when it is compared with any¬ 
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modeled and refurnished. The large airy sleeping rooms, furnished with hot and 
cold water, are excelled by none in the country. Connecting rooms, en suite, for 
families, elegantly furnished and with bath-rooms attached. Special attention 
paid to ventilation and all sanitary improvements. The proprietors are deter¬ 
mined that the world-wide reputation of the Massasoit shall be maintained in all 
respects. 



MASSASOIT HOUSE, 

M. & E. S. CHAPIN, Springfield, Mass. 


FLORENCE KNITTING SILK. 



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without injury to color or 
texture. Sold by all enter¬ 
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of Knitting and Etching 
Silk, sent on receipt of 
three 2-cent stamps. 


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TOURISTS! BRAZIL I! 

LEAVE THE BEATEN TRACK FOR ONE SEASON. 


During the warm season north of the Equator is the pleasantest time to visit Brazil and 
now is the time tor Tourists to enjoy a tropical climate in its coolest season. 


The United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Co. 

JOHN ROACH, President. C. P. HUNTINGTON, Vioe-President. 



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FROM 

NEW YORK via NEWPORT NEWS, 

FOR 

St. Thomas, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia and Bio de Janeiro, 

(Calling at MAR AN HAM to land and receive Passengers and Mails only.) 

To parties desiring an ocean voyage, this route offers unusual attractions. After 
crossing the Gulf Stream, which takes but a few hours there are no such rough passages 
as are experienced on the North Atlantic. A fine sail all the way is the rule. 

Outward passages, via ports of call—about 5,500 miles—will be made in about 26 days 
Homeward “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 25 days 

Outward passages, direct from New York to Rio de Janeiro, in about 20 days 

Homeward “ “ Rio de Janeiro to New York, “ - - - 18 days 

THE ZPAASS-A-O-IE RATES 

Are so low that it costs but little more for a passage tc. Rio than it does to spend the same 
number of days at a good Hotel, 

Passengers for Cuba can go or return on this Line via St. Thomas. 

Passengers for Montevideo or Buenos Ayres are advised to take tickets to Rio de 
Janeiro, and there select the day and steamer they wish to sail on. 

The new and elegant steamers of this line are 317 feet long, 38 1-3 feet beam, 311-2 feet 
depth from upper deck, have been built in the most careful manner, are unusually staunch, 
have water-tight compartments, powerful engines, fine model, experienced surgeons and 
superior passenger accommodations. 

SIDNEY W. ROWELL, Sec. andTreas., Mills Building, Broad St., New York. 

Freight and Passenger Agents to whom application should be made. 

PAUL F. GERHARD & CO., 

19 South William 8t., New York. 














CONGRESS SPRING 


THE STANDARD MINERAL WATER. 


CATHARTIC, ALTERATIVE . A Specific for disorders 
of the STOMACH , LIVER , and KIDNEYS , 
ECZEMA , MALARIA and all impur¬ 
ities of the BLOOD . 

S O enviable a name bas this famous Mineral Water, that the mana¬ 
gers of inferior mineral springs, desirous of imitating the natural 
purity of the bottled water of Congress Spring, inject a powerful acid 
in their bottled water to preserve the crude ingredients in solution,— 
being so heavily laden with 


LIME AND IRON DEPOSIT. 


With such contrivances, bogus testimonial and doctored analysis 
cards they seek to rival the pure medicinal waters of Congress Spring. 

HE regular season visitors to Saratoga fully understand these 



JL crude harsh waters, many of them after painful experiences. 
In proof of this fact we can produce a great many responsible names. But 
the Saratoga visitors without experience, and many who use the bot¬ 


tled waters (often labeled as curatives for disorders which they posi¬ 


tively aggravate), should remember, that crude mineral waters pro¬ 
duce headache, a sense of burning and internal irritation, and do irre¬ 
parable injury to the digestive organs and kidneys. 


CONGRESS WA TER, PURE, NA TURAL and RELIABLE. 

NONE GENUINE SOLD ON DRAFT- 

For Sale by Druggists,. Grocers, Wine Merchants, and Hotels. 

BOTTLE (O) MARK. 


64th ANNUAL STATEMENT; December 31st. 1883. 

OF THE * 

/ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, 

COUN. 


CASH CAPITAL.$4,000,000 00 

Reserve for Re Insurance (Fire). 1,682,252 86 

“ “ “ (Inland). ' 9 ) 68 ! 46 

“ “ Unpaid Losses (Fire). 166,252 75 

“ “ “ “ (Inland). jo’,333 68 

All other claims. 54 661 20 

NET SURPLUS.1!!!!!!.' 3,26 <457 85 


TOTAL ASSETS.$9,192,643 80 

“•-A.3 POLLOWS 

Cash in Bank.$1,031,117 34 

Cash in hands of Agents. 324,997 26 

Real Estate. 364’500 00 

Loans on Bond and Mortgage. 44,800 00 

Loans on Collaterals.. 20*100 00 

Stocks and Bonds. 7,405,’897 22 

Accrued Interest. l t 231 98 


TOTAL ASSETS. 9,192,643 80 


LOSSES PAID IN 65 YEARS, $56,000,000. 

WM. B. CLARK, Ass’t Sec. J. GOODNOW, Sec. L. J. HENDEE, Pres’t. 

JAS. A. ALEXANDER, Agt., 2 Cortland Street, New York. 


INSURE YOUR LIFE 

—IN— 

An Old and Strong Company, 

—THE— 

AETNA LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY of HARTFORD, CONN. 


Issues Policies upon all desirable Plans of Life, Term and Endowment 
Insurance, including the new and attractive Terminal Endowment, at rates lower 

than those of most Companies. 


ASSETS OYER $39,000,000.00 


MORGAN G. BULKELEY, Pres’t. J. C. Webster, V-Pres’t. 
J. L. English, Secretary. H. W. St. John, Actuary. 

Gurdon W. Russell, Consulting Physician. 



























MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO 
Electro Gold and Silver Plate. 







Examine carefully and select the best protection at the lowest cost. 
This is furnished by the 

SAFETY FUND SYSTEM 

OF THE 

Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Co. 

CONN. 

F. R. FOSTER, President. STEPHEN BALL, Secretary. 


The most successful and popular plan ever offered to the public. 
The most protection for the least money. 

Over Sixty Thousand Certificates already issued. 

A large and rapidly increasing membership. 

Pronounced by our patrons and those who have examined it, the 
most perfect plan of Insurance. 


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COLUMBIA 



And TRICYCLES. 

— 

THE POPULAR STEEDS 

For Business and. Pleasure. 
Send Stamp for Illustrated (36-page) Catalogue. 

THE POPE M'F’Cr CO., 

597 Washington St,, Boston, Mass. 

BBAXCH HOUSE: 

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THE PHCENIX 

Insurance Company 

Of Hartford, conn. 

Cash Capital, - - $2,000,000.00 

Losses Paid Since Organization of Company 
over $18,250,000. 

STAT'EMEHT, JANUARY 1st, 1884. 


Cash Capital, ..$ 2 , 000 , 000.00 

Reserve for unadjusted losses,. 215 , 589.71 

Reserve for reinsurance, ...... 1 , 197 , 467.47 

NET SURPLUS,. 1 , 021 , 991.70 

TOTAL ASSETS, . . . $ 4 , 435 , 048.88 


H. KELLOGG, President. A. W. JILLSON, Vice-President. 

D. W. C. SKILTON, Secretary. G. H. BURDICK, Asst. Secretary. 


WESTERN DEPARTMENT. 

H. M. MAGILL, General Agent, - - - Cincinnati, Ohio. 
THEO. F. SPEAR, Asst. General Agent - Cincinnati, Ohio. 


PACIFIC DEPARTMENT. 

A. E. MAGILL, General Agent, - - San Francisco, Cal. 


Branch Office: 

NEW YORK CITY, No. 158 BROADWAY. 

GEO. M. COIT, Agent. 












THE 



Fall River and Newport Routes 

11 - 

BETWEEN 

NEW YORE AND BOSTON. 

s 

A DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE 

WITH SKETCHES OF 

NARRAGANSET BAY, 


NEWPORT AND ITS ATTRACTIONS , 


AND THE VARIOUS CITIES, VILLAGES, STATIONS, SCENERY, 
AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST ALONG t/ 




ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND WOOD CUTS. 

J cuv. Mocuude v-rtrfa 


Copyright, 1884, by 
Taintor Brothers, 


NEW YORK : 
TAINTOR BROTHERS, MERRILL 
18 & 20 Astor Place. 



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THE 

Massachusetts Mutual 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

OF 

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

Incorporated 1851. 


Assets, Jan. 1, 1884, ------ $7,588,727.32 

Liabilities, Jan. 1, 1884, ----- 6,775,384.40 


Surplus, Jan. 1, 1884, - $813,342.92 

Surplus on the New York and Pennsylvania 4% per cent. 

standard, about, ------ $1,311,600.00 


PURELY MUTUAL.- 

-NO STOCKHOLDERS. 

ANNUAL DIVIDENDS TO POLICY HOLDERS. 
UPciici up and. Casli Values. 

Under the new non-forfeiture law of Massachusetts, all policies issued on and 
after January 1, 1881, have a fixed and definite value in paid up insurance and in 
cash; a table ol these values is given on the policy. This equitable provision of 
the law combines the elements of a 

SAVING-S BANK 

WITH THOSE OF 

LIFE INSURANCE. 

This law applies only to companies chartered by the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts. 

Examine the Advantages offered by 

THE MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL 

UNDER ITS NEW FORM OF POLICY 
Before Insuring your T 
E. W. BOND, President, JOHN A. HALL, Secretary. 

OSCAR B. IRELAND, Actuary. 

M, V. B. EDGERLY, 2d Vice President and Manager of Agencies. 








INDEX 


Astoria. . 

PAGE. 

23 

Battery. . .. 

18 

Blackwell’s Island. 

22 

Boston . 

57 

Braintree . 

56 

Bristol. 

46 

Bristol Ferry . 

47 

Bristol Ferry Station. 

51 

Brooklyn. 

J 9 

Brooklyn Navy Yard. 

21 

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, 

20 

City Island. 

26 

Coal Mine Station. 

51 

College Point. 

26 

Conanicut Island. 

36 

Dighton. 

53 

Easton. 

55 

East River . 

J 9 

Fall River . 

H 

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Flushing . 

25 

Fort Adams . 

35 

Fort Hamilton . 

18 

Fort Schuyler . 

26 

Glen Island . 

26 

Governor’s Island . 

18 

Greenpoint . 

22 

Harts Island . 

26 

Hell Gate . 

24 

Hewlett’s Point . 

26 

Hoboken . 

16 

Hunter’s Point . 

22 

Islands in the Narraganset.. 

47 

Jersey City . 

16 

Jones’s Woods .. 

23 

Leland Island . 

24 

Little Neck Bay. . 

26 

Long Island City . 

22 

Long Island Sound . 

13 

Mount Hope. 

46 

Narraganset Bay. 

28 

Narraganset Pier. 

36 

N ewport... 

3 ° 

Newport Harbor. 

35 

New York Bay. 

17 


PAGE. 

New York City. 15 

North Dighton. 53 

North Easton. 55 

North River. 14 

Nyatt Point. 45 

Oakland Beach . 37 

Ocean Cottage. 42 

Ocean House... 33 

Old Colony Steamboat Co.. 7 

Old Colony and Newport 

R. R. 49 

Passage of the Sound. 14 

Pokanoket. 46 

Port Morris. 25 

Portsmouth Grove. 47—51 

Providence. 38 

Purgatory. 33 

Quincy. 56 

Randall’s Island.... 24 

Randolph. 55 

Ravenswood. 23 

Raynham. 54 

Riker’s Island... 25 

Rocky Point.... .. 37 

Rose Island. 35 

Silver Spring. 45 

Somerset..... 52 

South Braintree. 56 

Squantum Beach. 45 

Staten Island. 17 

Stoughton. 55 

Taunton. 53 

Throgg’s Neck. 26 

Tiverton... . 51 

Vue de 1 ’eau. 44 

Ward’s Island. 24 

Warren. 45 

Warwick Neck. 37 

Weehawken. 15 

Weirjunction. 53 

Westchester. 25 

Whitestone..*. 26 

Wickford. 37 

Williamsburg. 22 


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NEW YORK TO BOSTON, 

VIA 

PALL RIVER AND NEWPORT. 


Numerous advantages combine to make the Fall River and 
Newport Routes attractive to all classes of travelers. 

Convenient hours of starting and arrival at either terminus; 
seasonable hours of change from steamer to cars or from cars 
to steamer; the opportunities for enjoying the scenery of Nar- 
raganset Bay, and of North and East Rivers; the comfort, 
quiet, and opportunity for rest on the journey; the invigorat¬ 
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crowded with patrons. 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 

others which are of minor importance in these respects, but 
still attractive and worthy of the popularity which they enjoy. 

Every city and village on the bay is in some sense a water¬ 
ing-place, and boasts of pleasant drives and walks, good fishing 
and hunting facilities, fine scenery, and a healthful atmosphere. 
Of many of them we shall speak particularly hereafter. 

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sea-side resorts of Southeastern Massachusetts is over a por¬ 
tion of this line, and their attractions are to be included among 
the advantages which contribute to its prosperity. 

As a through route between the commercial metropolis 
of New England and that of the continent, it possesses ad¬ 
vantages over all others in the shortness of the railroad part of 
the journey; in the superior magnificence of its steamers, and 
the convenience of the hours of changing from steamer to cars 
or from cars to steamer. 

Another important advantage is derived from the fact that 
two steamers run daily each way, starting at different hours — 
the Fall River Line for the accommodation of through passen¬ 
gers to Boston and the North and East, and the Newport Line 
for the accommodation of travel to Newport, Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard, Nantucket, and the Sea-shore Resorts of Cape Cod and 
Southeastern Massachusetts. 


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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


THE OLD COLONY STEAMBOAT CO. 

FALL RIVER LINE. 


The fleet which this Company now possesses includes the 
steamers Pilgrim, Bristol, Providence, Old Colony, and New¬ 
port, in the passenger service, and the City of Pall Kiver, 
City of Fitchburg, City of New Bedford and Albatros in the 
freight service. 

All these boats are well known to the traveling public, and 
several of them are regarded as the most magnificent of their 
kind in the world, and their officers are men thoroughly ac¬ 
quainted with seamanship in its various branches; while the 
arrangements for the comfort of passengers are in the hands 
of experienced clerks, stewards, and cooks, who will not fail to 
sustain the reputation of the line in their different depart¬ 
ments. 

In order to appreciate the superiority of these magnificent 
steamers, one need only visit the Pilgrim , Bristol, or Provi¬ 
dence , at Pier No. 28, North River. 

If we had not been warned by the march of improvement 
in the past, we should be tempted to believe that steamboat 
building has reached its climax in these superb vessels. 

On crossing the gang-plank the visitor finds himself on a 
broad deck, surrounded by richly carved and gilded paneling. 
The deck itself is composed of alternate strips of yellow pine 
and black walnut. In extreme width this main-deck measures 
84 feet. Surrounding that portion of it which we enter from 
the wharf, are the various offices for tickets, luggage, etc. 
Large doors in the after-bulkhead lead to the ladies’ saloons 
and state-rooms, which are appropriately divided for the use 

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fall HiVEii And Newport routes. 

of ladies traveling alone, and for families with children, the 
most complete accommodations being provided for all. The 
main-deck is divided into two general divisions by sliding glass 
doors; the forward part is used for freight, and the after part, 
which has just been described, is devoted to the use of passen¬ 
gers. From this after part stairways lead to the upper and 
lower saloons. These stairs, with their highly polished brass 
steps, and their carved and graceful mahogany balusters, are 
separated from the open deck by a semicircular partition of 
wood-work and glass, which prevents the too strong draughts 
which a head-wind sometimes occasions. Entering the semi¬ 
circular enclosure we- descend to the lower saloon and supper- 
room. Here a long perspective of tables, glittering with 
cut-glass and silver, stretches away toward the stern of the 
boat. Just forward of the stairway are the china-closet and 
kitchen, where all the culinary operations required on the 
boat are performed, and whose neat array of shining cooking- 
utensils would delight the heart of the most fastidious house¬ 
keeper. 

Leaving the appetizing scenes of the kitchen and supper- 
room, we ascend two broad and easy flights of stairs to the 
main saloon, which runs fore and aft nearly the whole length 
of the boat, with rows of state-rooms on each side, and, in fact, 
overhead, for there is yet another stairway, and another tier of 
state-rooms above us. The eight rooms which occupy the after 
part of the main saloon are for the accommodation of those 
who desire more luxurious surroundings than are sought by 
the public at large. These rooms will compare favorably in 
elegance with those of any first-class hotel, and in size they are 
at least equal to the ordinary rooms of sea-side houses. The 
other state-rooms, numbering in all 250, are large and well 
ventilated. They/possess the peculiarity of having, in place 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


of the ordinary fixed bunks, a kind of two-storied black wal¬ 
nut bedstead, which, being detached from the light wood-work, 
is comparatively free from the vibration commonly perceived 
when a steamboat is under way. Besides this provision against 
vibration, it will be observed that the partitions between the 
rooms are built diagonally, so that, instead of working with 
every revolution of the wheels, they form, in the aggregate, a 
powerful set of braces, adding much to the strength of the 
superstructure. The state-rooms of the upper tier are entered 
from broad galleries which run around the saloon. These 
galleries unite at either end and form spacious landings, on 
which are tables and chairs similar to those in the saloon. 
Outside of both these tiers of state-rooms are wide guards and 
decks, where passengers can enjoy the air and the various ob¬ 
jects of interest passed on the journey. 

These vessels are of a new class, and possess the sea-going 
qualities of the best ocean steamers, differing from them 
mainly in having wide guards and passenger accommodations 
such as cannot be provided where a long sea-voyage is contem¬ 
plated. 

The holds are divided by water-tight bulkheads, to insure 
safety against leakage or accident; the floors are of solid white 
oak, every beam being bolted fore and aft, and cross-braced 
with iron. Heavy hog-braces extend lengthwise of the entire 
frame-work, giving it great strength and stiffness. The length 
over all is 375 feet; width, 83 feet; breadth of beam, 49 feet; 
depth of hold, 16 feet ; measurement, 3,000 tons. 

The Bristol and Providence were built by Mr. Wm. H. 
Webb, and the Pilgrim was built by John Eoach & Sons, of 
New York and Chester, Pa. These are America’s greatest 
shipbuilders. 

The machinery was built by John Poach & Sons, of New 

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FALL KIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


York, and consists, in each boat, of a single beam engine, with 
a cylinder of 110 inches bore and 12 feet stroke. These 
cylinders are the largest in the world; the top plate can be 
seen from the saloon-windows, where the passenger should 
station himself to observe the working of the mighty engine, 
for at least a few moments. These windows are near the for¬ 
ward stairway, and command a good view of the machinery. 
Horatio Allen’s Tubular Surface Condensers and the Sickle’s 
Cut-off are used with these engines, which are also fitted with 
a safety self-unhooking gear, which instantly unhooks the 
engine and shuts the steam-valves in case of accident. The 
boilers, instead of being placed on the guards, as is usual in 
coasting steamers, are in the hold, just below the maindeck, 
so that they . serve as ballast, and subject the frame-work to 
less strain, in heavy weather, than if they were on the guards. 

These boilers are three in number, 35 feet long, and 13 feet 
in diameter. 

The amount of grate surface is 510 square feet, and the fire 
surface 14,000 square feet. 

The water used in the boilers is freed from salt by a con¬ 
densing apparatus, so that the salt does not clog the tubes, as 
is the case where salt water is used. The paddle-wheels are 
39 feet in diameter, and 12 feet face. 

The arrangements in case of fire are very complete and 
effective. Besides the hose, which is coiled ready for use at 
various convenient places, an apparatus is attached to the 
boiler in such a manner that, by simply turning a key, the 
hold can be instantly filled with steam, smothering any fire 
which may originate in that part of the vessel. The key of 
this apparatus is entrusted to the engineer alone. 

With a pressure of 18 pounds of steam these boats attain a 
speed of 20 miles per hour, under the most favorable circum- 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


stances, and, at least in tlie writer’s experience, always leave 
other “ first-class ” boats behind with the greatest ease. 

The Steamers Pilgrim, Bristol or Providence leave Pier 28, 
North River, foot of Murray Street, at 5.30 o’clock p.m. daily. 

The finest possible panorama of the city and bay is ob¬ 
tained while rounding the Battery and steaming up the East 
River. Until night falls the decks are most attractive, and 
the pleasure of promenading, or of watching the silvery 
waters of the Sound, is prolonged far into the night. A 
luxurious supper is served on board at a stated hour, but 
meals can be procured at any time. 



GRAND SALOON OF A FALL RIVER LINE STEAMER. 


A novel and fascinating feature is added to the line by the 
engagement, during the season of pleasure travel, of splendid 
brass bands and orchestras to accompany each steamer and 
furnish music during the trip. 

The Pilgrim, Bristol and Providence land their passengers 
and freight at Fall River in time for the former to take the 
train which reaches Boston at 6 o’clock a.m. 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


The trains for Fall River leave the Old Colony and New¬ 
port Railway Station in Boston at 6 p.m.— Sundays at 7 p.m. 
—connecting at Fall River with the steamers Pilgrim, Bristol 
or Providence. The boats all reach New York at 7 a.m. 

The People’s Line of Albany Boats land at Pier 41, North 
River, New York, a few squares above the steamers of the 
Fall River and Newport Lines. 

Passengers via New York Central & Hudson River R. R. 
can take transfer coaches, or the Elevated Railway at W. 42d 
Street and 6th Avenue, stopping at Chambers Street station, 
four blocks from the Old Colony steamers at Pier 28, North 
River, or Fourth Avenue horse-cars to Houston Street, and 
thence, by Houston Street Line, to Chambers and West 
Streets, one block from steamers. 

The ferry-boats of the Erie Railway Co. land at Pier 30, 
North River, two piers north of the Fall River boats. 

Travelers arriving at Jersey City from Washington, Phila¬ 
delphia, or the West, may reach the Old Colony Company’s 
boats by Annex boat direct to Pier 28, North River, or by 
ferry to New York, and then by the West Street or Belt Line 
of horse-cars. The distance from the Jersey City Ferry, at 
the foot of Cortlandt Street, to Murray, or Chambers Street, 
is short. Passengers arriving from the West via Delaware, 
Lackawanna & Western, or by New York, West Shore & 
Buffalo Railways, take ferries to New York, and West Street 
Line of horse-cars from any of their New York landings. 
The Belt Line of horse-cars passes Pier 28, North River, 
and by changing to this line from any of the cross-town lines 
the traveler can easily reach the steamers. 

(For further information concerning New York, see Tain- 
tor’s “City of New York Guide-Book.”! 

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LONG ISLAND SOUND. 


Long Island Sound is the beautiful sheet of water separat¬ 
ing Long Island from New York and Connecticut. Its en¬ 
tire length is 110 miles, while its width varies from 3 to 30 
miles. It is quite shallow, averaging about 15 fathoms in 
depth. The Long Island shore contains few harbors for ves¬ 
sels, presenting along much of its water line either a white 
sandy beach or a rocky and inhospitable aspect to the 
mariner. Upon the Connecticut side the appearance is far 
different. There innumerable bays and inlets make their 
way inland, upon each of which some city, town, or village 
has sprung up, lining the coast. These bays, in many in¬ 
stances, form most excellent harbors, into which the 
weather-bound or storm-tossed seaman may steer his vessel 
and safely ride at anchor. This sound is a great thorough¬ 
fare for coasting vessels and the steamers plying between 
New York and the New England States. Sheltered as it is 
upon both sides by protecting land, it seldom experiences 
those violent commotions which characterize the ocean 
itself. The prominent obstacles to the navigation and en¬ 
trance of its harbors are the frequent reefs and shallows 
with which they abound, rendering a knowledge of the sail¬ 
ing courses absolutely essential to the mariner. Numerous 
islands line its shore, upon many of which are quiet and de¬ 
lightful places for summer resort. All along the mainland, 
also, watering places without number present ar attractive 
appearance, drawing to their cool and healthful localities 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


the seeker of health and of pleasure. The fine fishing 
grounds which abound over its entire extent constitute no 
unimportant feature. In a word, Long Island Sound seems 
to have been formed by Providence with a special reference 
to the wants of those destined to inhabit New England. 
Should war with a foreign enemy blockade the water com¬ 
munications of neighboring States, still home manufacturers 
and commerce would be only partially impeded while this 
great thoroughfare remained open to trade. The narrow¬ 
ness of the entrance by way of the East River, and the 
strength of its fortifications, render the defense of that pas¬ 
sage complete, while a small fleet at its eastern extremity 
would prove a barrier to a hostile foe. Fort Hale, at the 
entrance of New Haven Harbor, and Fort Trumbull, near 
the mouth of the Thames, occupy commanding positions. 

THE PASSAGE OF THE SOUND. 

There are few more impressive and enjoyable experiences for the 
traveler than the passage, during the summer months, upon one of 
the several lines of steamers that course Long Island Sound. The 
beautiful prospect that opens northward along the Hudson, not in¬ 
appropriately called the “Rhine of America,” the busy scene of New 
York Harbor, and the varied points of interest along the route render 
it one never to be forgotten. It will be our aim to afford an answer to 
the many inquiries which a stranger would propose as he looks upon 
these scenes for the first time. 

NORTH RIVER. 

Casting'off from the pier in the North (or Hudson) River, and sweep¬ 
ing around to the south, we look backward upon what is but the com¬ 
mencement of a line of scenery, grand and picturesque, extending the 
whole length of that majestic stream. The Weehawken Htt.t.r on the 
west bank are gradually merged into what is called the Palisades. 
These are a range of basaltic rocks of the trap-dike formation, rising 
precipitously from 300 to 500 feet in height, and extending northward 
along the shore about 20 miles. Here the Hudson, during former 
periods, has worn its valley through the rocky strata, leaving 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


these lofty ramparts of harder volcanic rock which have proved less 
vulnerable to the attacks of the elements. On the west of the Pali¬ 
sades is a gentle slope, covered with pleasant towns and villages and 
fertile farms. In the vicinity of Fort Washington, in the upper part 
of New York, opposite the Palisades, telegraphic wires, many years 
ago, before the days of submarine cables, were stretched across the 
stream between the tops of tall masts, to form communication between 
New York and the great West. 

NEW YORK CITY. 

The great metropolis of the New World is situated upon the island 
of Manhattan, lying between the Hudson and East Eivers. It extends 
in an unbroken line of buildings for more than ten miles above the 
Battery, and across the entire width of the island. The traveler leav¬ 
ing the city by any of the lines of steamers which start from the North 
River side, makes almost an entire circuit of the business portion of 
this immense emporium, presenting along its water-front an extended 
succession of piers, warehouses and shipping. The neighboring cities 
and localities which, with New York, properly form one united whole, 
are equally fraught with interest. 

Along the New York shore innumerable steamers and propellers sail 
to and from southern and other home and foreign ports. A number 
of these steamers are always to be seen moored at their respective 
docks or moving up or down the river. The boats of the numerous 
ferries constantly plying across the river contribute greatly to animate 
the scene. The steamers of the California and International lines have 
their docks upon the Hudson River side of the city. The Bremen line 
of ocean steamers land at Hoboken. The Boston, Hudson River, and 
Southern lines of steamers also start from North River piers. The Jer¬ 
sey City ferries are at foot of Cortlandt, Desbrosses, Liberty, Cham¬ 
bers, Christopher, and W. 23d streets; and upon the opposite side, in 
Jersey City, are the commodious station houses of the Pennsylvania, 
Central N. J., Erie, and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroads, 
which are readily distinguished from the deck of the boat. 

As you near the Battery you pass the moorings of the Washington, 
Baltimore, New Orleans, and Glasgow lines of steamships. 

WEEHAWKEN, N. J. 

The heights of Weehawken are steep, and wooded to their summits, 
presenting a wild and romantie appearance. Here oceurred the duel 

15 


NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


between General Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, July 11, 1804, 
resulting in the death of the former. Upon the elevated plain in their 
rear are rapidly growing villages, chiefly inhabited by Germans. The 
depot and wharves of the New York, West Shore and Buffalo B. R., 
and New York, Ontario and Western R. R. are at Weehawken. The 
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, largely engaged in mining and 
forwarding anthracite coal from the Lackawanna district of Pennsyl¬ 
vania, have an immense coal depot on the river, just under the Wee¬ 
hawken Heights. A little below are the large storage-house and wharf 
of the Standard Oil Company, to which a branch railway has been con¬ 
structed from the Erie Railway. Just below are the Elysian Fields, 
in the city of Hoboken, a beautiful park, stretching along the river 
bank for about a mile, and shaded with large forest trees. This is a 
very popular place of resort, especially for the German population. 
Here match games of cricket and base-ball are frequently played, at¬ 
tracting thousands of spectators. 

HOBOKEN, N. J., 

About one mile north of the Jersey City Ferry, contains many fine 
residences, principally owned by persons doing business in New York. 
A little below the Elysian Fields are the docks of the North German 
Lloyds and the Hamburg American Packet Companies’ lines for Eu¬ 
rope. Steam ferries connect it with New York, landing at the foot of 
Christopher and Barclay streets. The Delaware, Lackawanna and 
Western Railroad passenger station is at the Hoboken terminus of 
these ferries. This railroad traverses the State of New Jersey to Eas¬ 
ton and the coal mines of Pennsylvania, and across that State to El¬ 
mira and Buffalo, to the West. A little north of the ferry is a large 
dry-dock. 

JERSEY CITY, N. J., 

Lies directly south of Hoboken, on the west bank of the Hudson, at its 
entrance into New York Bay. The width of the river channel is here 
about one mile. It is a point of departure from New York in various di¬ 
rections—being the terminus of the Pennsylvania Railroad, leading to 
Philadelphia and routes south and west; the Central New Jersey,leading 
to Philadelphia, Easton and points west; the Erie, leading west; and the 
Northern New Jersey, leading north. The Morris Canal, connecting it 
with Easton, in Pennsylvania, terminates here in the Hudson River. 
The convergence at this point of these various lines of traffic and travel, 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


the constantly increasing business which naturally springs up around 
them, and its proximity to the great metropolis of the country, upon 
whose harbor it directly fronts, bid fair to render this city one of the 
most important in the United States. Seven lines of ferry boats ply 
continually between it and New York. The city is regularly laid out, 
and contains numerous manufactories and several educational institu¬ 
tions of a high order. An aqueduct supplies it with water from the 
Passaic Eiver, some 7 or 8 miles distant. The reservoir is on Bergen 
Hill, two miles west of the town. Its water-front possesses one advan¬ 
tage over that of the opposite side, in that steamers can always in win¬ 
ter leave its docks for Europe unobstructed by ice. 

The New Jersey Central Bailroad has a ferry at the foot of Liberty 
street, New York, and, on the other side, conspicuous new buildings 
have been erected for its terminal station and freight depot. Just north 
of these buildings is the basin of the Morris Canal. 

Jersey City Heights, upon the summit of Bergen Eidge, are seen 
in the western part of Jersey City. The little village of Communipaw, 
on the shore, will recur to the memory of some in connection with 
the Knickerbocker sketches. 

New York Bay. —Entering New York Bay, the first island toward 
the south, on the right, is called Ellis or Gibbet Island. It is the 
property of the United States, and is the site of Fort Gibson, where 
the Government has stored large quantities of powder. The name 
“Gibbet” Island was affixed to it from the fact that it has been for 
many years the place of the execution of felons. The notorious pirate, 
Gibbs, and three of his associates, were hung here in 1831. 

The next island, to the south, is Bedloe’s Island, with Fort Wood 
thereon, erected in 1841, and completely commanding the inner harbor. 

Staten Island. —About three miles further south the elevated land 
upon Staten Island rises to view. This island is separated from New 
Jersey by the Kill von Kull, or Staten Island Sound—a narrow and 
crooked channel, forming outlets for Newark Bay. It constitutes the 
county of Eichmond, which forms the southern extremity of the State 
of New York. The northern portion of it is denominated Eichmond 
Hill, a beautiful elevation rising three hundred feet above the sea 
level. Nearly the entire island presents a succession of beautiful villas 
and commodious residences. Its pleasant walks, drives, and ocean 
breezes cause it to be visited extensively by the residents of New 
York and Brooklyn for pleasure and recreation during the warm sea- 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


son. Between Staten Island and Long Island is the Narrows, a strait 
which connects the lower bay with New York Harbor, and which 
forms the entrance. Its width at the narrowest point is about 1J miles. 
It is here defended on the Staten Island side by Fort Richmond, the 
largest and strongest fort in the country. Directly opposite, rising 
from the water near the Long Island shore, is Fort La Fayette, where 
many prominent Government prisoners were confined during the re¬ 
bellion. In the rear of this, upon a slight elevation of the Long Island 
shore, stands Fort Hamilton. These strong and massive fortresses, 
with their heavy armaments, would render the passage of the Narrows 
by an invading enemy extremely difficult. 

Fort Hamilton Village is chiefly inhabited by persons doing busi¬ 
ness in New York. A range of low hills traverses the island in an 
easterly direction. Upon the gentle slope of these, extending to the 
water’s edge, is the suburban village of Bay Ridge, with its numerous 
and elegant residences, adjoining the city of Brooklyn. Here boats 
land passengers for Coney Island at the R. R. stations of the Manhat¬ 
tan and Sea Beach R. R. 

Governor’s Island is at the entrance of the East River, a little more 
than 1,000 yards south of the Battery. It is the property of the Fed¬ 
eral Government, and contains 72 acres of land. It is a beautiful spot, 
sloping on all sides from the center to the water. Upon its central 
summit is Fort Columbus, in star form, mounting 120 heavy guns. 
Castle "William, the semi-circular fort in the foreground, mounts three 
tiers of guns. It is 60 feet in height and 600 feet in circumference. 
A battery on the southwest part of the island commands Buttermilk 
Channel, which separates it from Long Island and the Brooklyn shore. 
Large quantities of stores and ordnance are kept here. It is contin¬ 
ually garrisoned, and can be visited from the Battery, at the foot of 
Whitehall street. In the direction of Governor’s Island, on the Brook¬ 
lyn side, are the Atlantic Docks, where vessels of the largest tonnage 
are safely moored, and diseharge their cargoes into the warehouses. 
These docks contain an area of 4® acres, enclosed by an outside pier 
3,000 feet long,,upon which are erected massive granite and brick 
buildings for fhe purposes of storage. Behind them may be seen the 
tall masts of ships loading and unloading their valuable freights. 

The Battery is at the southern extremity of Manhattan Island, 
fronting the bay, where the East and Hudson Rivers unite. It received 
its name from the circumstance of its being on the site of the battery 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


and ravelins of old Fort George. It is in the form of a crescent, and 
shaded with trees. It is a delightful park, and a much frequented 
promenade, with graveled avenues. 

Castle Garden —an old fort formerly called Castle Clinton—adjoin¬ 
ing the Battery, was erected by the Federal Government in 1807, and 
used for the purposes of defense until 1823, when it was ceded to the 
city. It is situated at the extreme lower end of Manhattan Island. 
For a time it was used as a place for public exhibitions, concerts, fairs, 
etc. Here Jenny Lind first sang before an American audience, and 
for many years the annual fairs of the American Institute were held 
here. The building is now occupied by the Commissioners of Emi¬ 
gration, where emigrants are received and sent to all parts of the coun¬ 
try, without being subjected to the perils of entering the city 

EAST RIVER. 

At the extreme southern end of Manhattan Island is the hand¬ 
some granite barge office of the U. S. Government, at which is landed 
all the baggage of first-class passengers from foreign steamers for in¬ 
spection by the Customs Inspectors of the United States. 

Adjoining the Battery, on the East Biver, is the dock of the Staten 
Island Ferry, and at Pier No. 2, foot of Whitehall street, that of the 
South Ferry, landing at the foot of Atlantic street, Brooklyn, and the 
Hamilton Ferry, landing at the foot of Hamilton avenue. A light¬ 
house, by the side of the dock on the New York side, marks the local¬ 
ity. Above this are moored acres of canal boats laden with grain, 
coal, and the produce of the North and West. Huge elevators trans¬ 
fer their cargoes to the shore, or to some vessel destined for a distant 
port. 

BROOKLYN. 

The entire water-front of Brooklyn is occupied by warehouses, man¬ 
ufactories, ferries, piers, and ship-yards. In the extent and variety 
of its manufactures Brooklyn ranks among the first cities in the 
country. Along the shore, opposite the lower point of New York, is 
the elevation of land known as Brooklyn Heights, 70 feet above the 
level of the sea, and affording a magnificent view of New York City 
and harbor. Many of the dwellings in this section are of surpris¬ 
ing elegance, adorned with beautiful gardens and shrubbery. The 
healthy atmosphere of Brooklyn, its dry and elevated position, and its 
proximity to New York, have made it a favorite place of residence for 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


persons doing bnsiness in that city, especially for those of New Eng¬ 
land origin. From the great number of its churches, it has obtained 
the name of the City of Churches. 

The Wall Street Ferry leaves Pier No. 16, New York, landing at the 
foot of Montague street, Brooklyn Heights. The Fulton Street Ferry 
leaves Pier No. 22, landing at the foot of Fulton street, Brooklyn. 
For a more full description of the different ferries, etc., see TaintoPs 
New York City Guide. 

In passing along the river, vessels of all descriptions meet the eye. 
From Peck Slip, Piers No. 25 and 26, New York, the fine steamboats 
of the New Haven and Hartford line leave daily at 3 P. M. and 4 P. M. 
At this point we pass under the magnificent structure of the 

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, 

between New York and Brooklyn. Its stupendous towers and cables 
form one of the most striking mechanical achievements of the world. 
The first plans were drawn in 1865. Two years later Mr. John A. 
Roebling was appointed engineer, and in 1869 preliminary surveys 
were made. His death in 1870 left the work in chief charge of his 
son, Washington A. Roebling. Actual work was begun on January 
3, 1870. The first wire rope was thrown across on August 14, 1876, 
and on August 26 the master-mechanic, Mr. E. F. Farrington, made, 
in a “boatswain’s chair,” the first trip between the towers. The 
bridge was formally opened on May 24, 1883, with impressive cere¬ 
monies. Many distinguished officials were present. In behalf of the 
trustees, Mr. W. C. Kingsley presented the structure to the mayors of 
the two cities. The cars crossing the bridge are drawn by an endless 
cable, propelled by stationary engines on the Brooklyn side, to which 
they are attached, and from which they are detached by a traction 
grip invented by Col. Paine. The width of the bridge (85 feet in all) 
is divided into five parts—one on each side for vehicles, the two ad¬ 
joining occupied by the railway, and in the center a broad promenade 
13 feet wide, raised above the other lines of travel. The total length 
is 5,989 feet; central span, 1,595 feet; from towers to anchorages, 930 
feet each; New York approach, 1,562J feet; Brooklyn approach, 971 
feet. The center of the span is 135 feet above high water. The 4 cables 
are 15f inches in diameter, each containing 5,434 wires, and each 
will hold 12,000tons. There are 1,176 suspenders, each capable of up¬ 
holding 70 tons. The two great towers (through the tops of which the 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 

cables pass on “saddles,” thence to the anchorages built in solid 
masonry about the cables, which end in 23-ton anchor plates buried 
in the ground) are 271 \ feet from high-water mark to summit; 159 
feet from bridge roadway to summit. In eluding foundations, the New 
York tower is 350 feet in height from base to summit; Brooklyn tower, 
316 feet. There are 46,945 cubic yards of masonry in the first; 38,214 
in the second. At high-water mark the towers measure 140x59 feet; 
at the top, 136x53. The towers rest on caissons, the sinking of which 
was the most difficult and dangerous part of the work. Platforms, 
where the roadway passes under the tower-arches, form agreeable 
places for rest, and give a splendid view, especially of lower New 
York and Brooklyn, the Bay, the Narrows, Staten Island, etc. The 
total cost of the bridge was, in round numbers, $15,000,000, of which 
two-thirds is assumed by Brooklyn, one-third by New York. At the 
foot of Roosevelt street, Pier No. 29, is the dock of the Williamsburg 
Ferry, landing at the foot of Broadway. At Pier No. 30 is the station 
and ferry of the Long Island Railroad. From Pier No. 34, foot of Cath¬ 
arine street, the boats of the Catharine Street Ferry leave, landing at the 
foot of Main street, Brooklyn. The Bridgeport line of steamers leave 
Pier No. 35. Between Catharine Ferry and what is called the Hook— 
the point where the river bends to the north—are large sectional dry- 
docks, where vessels of various capacities—even the largest—are raised 
from the water and repaired at convenience. Opposite the hook lies 
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, covering an area of 45 acres, inclosed 
on the land side by a high wall, and bounded upon its water front by 
Wallabout Bay. It is the largest naval station in the country, contain¬ 
ing the various mechanic shops necessary in building and repairing 
vessels, a large and costly dry-dock, extensive lumber warehouses, 
several marine railways, and an immense ordnance depot, where are 
stored a large amount of balls, cannon, and other munitions of war. 
Its lyceum is filled with curiosities deposited by naval officers. At 
the dock are moored several ships of war. The large white build¬ 
ing, upon a gentle rise a little east of the Navy Yard, is a United States 
Marine Hospital, for the care of sick and infirm seamen belonging to 
the navy. Near it is an extensive laboratory for the manufacture of 
medicines. The grounds belonging to these establishments occupy 
an area of 35 acres. A little south of the Navy Yard are extensive ma¬ 
rine barracks. At Wallabout Bay, in the Revolutionary War, were sta¬ 
tioned the English prison-ships, in which it is said nearly 12,000 

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Americans perished from close confinement and harsh treatment. 
Their graves are in the cemetery connected with the Navy Yard. 
Brooklyn was first settled in the vicinity of Wallabout Bay. 

Williamsburg, to the northward, now consolidated with Brooklyn, 
and forming its eastern district—another part of the wonderful out¬ 
growth of New York. Its site is elevated, the surface gradually rising 
as it recedes from the East Elver, and extending from the Navy Yard 
to Newtown Creek. Numerous manufactories are established here. 

Greenpoint is the extreme north-western part of Brooklyn. Six 
ferries connect these eastern districts of Broooklyn with the metrop¬ 
olis, two running from the foot of South Seventh street, two from the 
foot of Grand street, in Williamsburg, and two from the foot of Green- 
point avenue, in Greenpoint, landing at Peck Slip, the foot of Grand 
street, Houston street, Tenth, and Twenty-third streets respectively. 
On both sides of the river, from the Hook to Blackwell’s Island, are 
immense foundries and machine-shops, which have given to the New 
York engine its enviable reputation among merchants and mariners. 
The Allaire, Novelty, and Morgan Iron Works, on the New York side, 
arc perhaps the most widely known. 

LONG ISLAND CITY. 

Hunter’s Point, formed by the junction of Newtown Creek with 
the East Eiver, is the terminus of the Long Island Kailroad, running 
almost the entire length of Long Island to Greenport, and of the 
Flushing Eailroad, running to Flushing, situated on Flushing Bay. 
A ferry connects it with New York, landing at James Slip, Pier No. 
25, and another landing at the foot of East Thirty-fourth street. It 
has several manufactories, and is rapidly increasing in business and 
population. Much of the property given to Union College by Eev. Dr. 
Nott as an endowment is located here. 

Blackwell’s Island is reached soon after passing Hunter’s Point. 
It is a long, narrow island, situated in the East Eiver, extending 
from opposite Forty-eighth to Eighty-third street, and containing 120 
acres. The channel, on either side, is navigable for ships of the larg¬ 
est size. Here the munificent charity of New York has provided homes 
for the erring and unfortunate, and sought to lift them up out of their 
wretchedness into a higher and nobler life. No place could be bet¬ 
ter adapted to the purpose for which it is used. The first building, 
on the southern extremity of the island, is a Small-Pox Hospital, 

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built, in 1854, in the Gothic style, of stone quarried on the island; the 
second, the Charity Hospital; the third, The Penitentiary, a fine 
structure, sufficiently large to accommodate from 800 to 1,000 prison¬ 
ers. The Alms-Houses for the city poor are in the center. Of these 
there are two separate and similar structures, entirely distinct in their 
arrangements, each being devoted to one sex. Directly north is the 
Superintendent’s house. Then come the Work-Houses, or Houses of 
Correction. This establishment is designed for those able to work, 
and who, not finding means of support, are willing to be committed, 
as well as for such paupers and vagrants as are deemed fit subjects for 
employment. Both males and females here find that work for which 
they are best adapted. The Lunatic Asylum is located near the north 
end of the island. It consists of an octagonal building, 80 feet in dia¬ 
meter and fifty feet high, with two wings at right angles to each other, 
each 245 feet long. One wing is devoted to either sex. Apart from 
this, on the east side, is a building of stone, with a veranda on each 
side, which is exclusively devoted to the noisy and violent class, where 
they cannot disturb the more quiet. The small earthwork on the point 
is called Fort Maxey, after a lunatic named Maxey, who came from 
Ireland twenty-six years ago, and who has devoted much time and 
labor to its perfection. A narrow passage, defended by drawbridges, 
is the only means of entrance. Within, the entire armament, at 
present, consists of a hammer, an ancient fowling-piece, and several 
wooden guns en barbette, of whose efficacy Maxey is perfectly confident. 
Maxey claims $172,000 from the Government, as compensation for the 
erection of this fort. 

Jones’s Wood, opposite the Almshouse, on the New York side, 
is well known as a resort for picnic parties. Here have been held 
monster musical festivals by the Germans, anniversaries, Fenian gath¬ 
erings, etc. There are other picnic resorts along the shore. On 
Long Island, east of Blackwell’s Island, is the suburban village of 

Ravenswood, now a part of Long Island City, containing many 
costly and ornamental residences. The New York City Almshouses 
were located here previous to the purchase of the islands in the river 
for that purpose. 

Astoria, a part of Long Island City, formerly known as Hallett’s 
Cove, near Hell Gate, is a beautiful suburb with numerous floral 
gardens and green-houses. It is connected with New York by ferries, 
and inhabited by many persons doing business in New York. Here 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


Grant Thorburn, the celebrated seedsman and florist, had a nursery 
for nearly twenty years. It is a manufacturing center of considerable 
importance, and contains a number of churches. 

Hell Gate, or Hurl Gate, beginning to the north of Blackwell’s 
Island, is a narrow and crooked passage in the East River, where the 
channel suddenly makes two sharp bends in opposite directions among 
rocky islands and sunken ledges. During the ebb and flow of the 
tide an immense body of water from Long Island Sound finds its way 
through here with a rapid and powerful current, dashing among the 
rocks and producing violent eddies and whirlpools. In former times 
the navigation of this place was considered difficult and dangerous, 
and even at present careless navigators are not unfrequently wrecked 
upon these rocks. A portion of the more dangerous sunken rocks, 
however, were removed in 1852, and since 1880, by a new method of 
submarine blasting, which, together with the increased experience 
and skill of modern navigators, and the great power of their engines, 
enables them to pass through the Gate with ease and safety. 

Leland Island, named from its owner, Charles Leland, Esq., for¬ 
merly of the Metropolitan Hotel, lies surrounded by the boiling and 
eddying currents that meet here from different directions. It is small 
in extent, yet has been inhabited for more than forty years by a single 
individual. In its vicinity are fine fishing grounds, which are its chief 
attraction. 

Passing this island on the left we are swiftly carried east around 
Hallet’s Point, through the Gate itself, in full view of Ward’s Island, 
situated at the junction of the East and Harlem Rivers. This latter 
stream forms the northern boundary of Manhattan. 

Ward’s Island extends along the East River from One Hundred 
and First street to One Hundred and Fifteenth street, and contains 
about 200 acres. On the west side of it is situated the Emigrant 
Refuge and Hospital, consisting of several large buildings for hospi¬ 
tals, nurseries, and other purposes, located upon a farm of 106 acres. 
And on the east side, the Homoeopathic Hospital and one of the Insane 
Asylums of the Board of Charities and Corrections of the City of New 
York. Here also is the Potter’s Field, a tract of 69 acres, where about 
3,000 interments are made annually. 

Randall’s Island is north of Ward’s Island, and contains the House 
of Refuge, or home for juvenile delinquents, on the southern part. 
The nurseries and nursery hospital consist of about a dozen detached 

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buildings. The grounds are inclosed and of ample extent. The in¬ 
stitution is provided with schools and play-grounds, and the children 
taught useful trades and trained to habits of industry. A course of 
mental and religious instruction is pursued, and whenever good places 
can be obtained, they are, by a committee of the institution, appren¬ 
ticed to persons applying for them. Visitors are admitted to the 
buildings on Wednesday and Friday of each week. There is also here 
an asylum for those who, from mental incapacity, cannot take care of 
themselves. The location is pleasant and healthful. Ferries connect 
both Ward’s and Randall’s Islands with New York. The Long Island 
shore in this vicinity is lined with residences and fertile gardens. 

Port Morris, beyond Randall’s Island, to the north and east, is the 
terminus of a branch of the Harlem Railway. It has a harbor 60 feet 
in depth, where vessels that draw too much water to enter the East 
River may land. Morrisania, now a part of New York City, is still 
further north. In this vicinity are many elegant country-seats and 
suburban residences. As we pass Port Morris on the left, we see on 
the right the North and South Brother Islands and Berrian’s Island, 
near Laurence Point, the northern extremity of Newtown. These 
islands are cultivated as gardens. 

Hiker’s Island, formerly the residence of Governor Hewlett, and 
called Hewlett’s Island, east of these, is the largest and most valuable. 
It is one mile from the mainland, and contains over 50 acres. A ren¬ 
dezvous for United States troops was stationed here during the late 
war. Its proximity to New York, with the obstacles which it presents 
to desertions, rendered it peculiarly adapted for such a purpose. 

Flushing, at the head of Flushing Bay, about 8 or 9 miles south¬ 
east, is connected with New York by the Flushing Railroad and by a 
steam ferry from Hunter’s Point. It contains numerous country-seats 
of New York business men and persons of wealth. Its location is ex¬ 
ceedingly pleasant, and it has several private seminaries and board¬ 
ing schools. Among these are the Flushing Institute, the Flushing 
Female College, and the Linnean Hill Seminary. It has a wide repu¬ 
tation for its nurseries, the first of which was commenced in 1750. 
They furnish every species of fruit-tree, ornamental shrub, and exotic 
plant cultivated in the country. It sends large quantities of cherries 
annually to the New York markets. 

Westchester is on the northern side of the Sound, with its clus¬ 
tering villas and miniature bays and coves. Nowhere could finer sites 

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be selected for rural residences, and nowhere does Nature offer more 
attractive points to the improving hand of art. Many of these advan¬ 
tages have already been seized upon, and the prospect along the shore 
is one of surpassing beauty. Luxurious gardens and shady groves, 
smooth lawns with their graveled walks, ornamented villas, and less 
pretending mansions, with their modest beauty, blend in forming a 
scene requiring more than a passing view to awaken an appreciation 
of their loveliness. Spofford’s and Clauson’s Points are opposite one 
another at the mouth of the Bronx River, which separates New York 
from Westchester. 

College Point, opposite, east of Flushing Bay, is a modern village, 
settled mostly by Germans. A ferry connects it with Westchester. 
It contains large manufactories of rubber, tin, and rattan. 

Whitestone, the next village east, on south side of Sound, contains 
an extensive tin and sheet-iron manufactory, employing more than 
400 hands. It is a beautiful suburban village. On Whitestone Point 
the Hell Gate pilots have a fine village. 

Throgg’s Neck is a long and narrow promontory extending south¬ 
east into the Sound, terminating in Throgg’s Point, 13 miles from 
New York, upon which stands a light-house 61 feet in height, built in 
1826. Here also is situated Fort Schuyler, commenced in 1833, and 
built to accommodate 1,250 men, and mounting 318 guns. With the 
projected fort now building opposite, on Willett’s Point, these fortress¬ 
es would effectually protect New York against the approach of a hos¬ 
tile fleet from the Sound. 

Here, turning north, we enter the open Sound usually at an hour 
when it is too dark and the distance too great to distinguish many ob¬ 
jects upon the shore. Little Neck Bay is passed upon the right, 
and Pelham Bay upon the left. A group of islands, varying in size, 
extend from the mouth of Pelham Bay to the vicinity of New Bochelle. 
The first and largest is called City Island, from the fact that certain 
commercial establishments for carrying on the East India trade were 
projected at this place at an early colonial period. It is now princi¬ 
pally occupied by oystermen. Immediately beyond is Hart’s Island, 
with an area of 85 acres, and uninhabited. Nearly opposite, upon 
Long Island, is Hewlett’s Point, at the entrance to Manhasset Bay. 
North, on what is called Land’s, a lighthouse has been erected, and a 
life-boat station is maintained here. Glen Island lies near the north 
shore of the Sound in front of New Rochelle village. It is known as 

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Starin’s Glen Island, and celebrated as a resort for picnic and excur¬ 
sion parties. Mr. Starin runs a line of steamboats from New York 
and Brooklyn carrying excursion parties to and from this resort. 

The evening hours, after entering the Sound, are spent by travelers 
in promenades through the spacious and elegant saloons, and, if the 
weather is favorable, in sitting out on the covered deck, enjoying social 
conversation, inhaling the bracing sea air, and in viewing the scenes 
which night presents, growing gradually more shadowy as the dark¬ 
ness deepens. Occasionally steamers of other lines pass within hail¬ 
ing distance, mingling the sound of their plashing wheels with those 
of your own. More frequently fleets of sailing vessels are seen mov¬ 
ing silently, like spectres, in various directions. Lighthouses upon 
the shores and islands passed indicate something of the progress we 
are making. One after another all, save the watchmen and pilots, 
retire to their staterooms or berths, giving themselves to sleep, to 
awake in the morning and find themselves quietly moored at the place 
of destination. 


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NARRAGANSET BAY. 


NARRAGANSET BAY, 


The most beautiful of the many New England Bays is the 
“ Narraganset.” This we affirm, not by reason of any sec¬ 
tional partiality, but from a personal knowledge of its beau¬ 
ties in comparison with others—having spent weeks upon 
its waters in visiting the many delightful resorts along its 
shores. It is situated wholly within the boundaries of the 
State of Rhode Island, extending nearly thirty miles inland, 
in a northerly direction, and not exceeding fifteen miles in 
width. It receives its name.from a noted and powerful tribe 
of Indians who formerly held possession of its islands and 
adjacent territory, and the numerous contests of the early 
settlers with those “ red men ” have rendered it and its vi¬ 
cinity rich in historic interest. It is very irregular in its 
outline, being itself composed of a congeries of bays and 
sounds. It is this very irregularity, however, that gives it a 
peculiar charm, and one has no sooner entered it than he 
seems to be sailing over some inland lake, instead of an arm 
of the sea. Within it is the island of Rhode Island, from 
which the State receives its name, upon which is situated 
Newport, one of its capitals, and whose beauty and commer¬ 
cial advantages are widely known. Other islands are scat¬ 
tered over its surface, enhancing its beauty. 

Its waters are remarkable for their clearness and depth, 
admitting the largest vessels with ease. Protected as it is 
by the surrounding land, it forms as it were one vast har¬ 
bor, where the fleet of a nation might ride in safety. The 

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scenery surrounding it is varied and picturesque. Although, 
at its entrance, rocky and inhospitable shores seem to stand 
as sentinels against invaders, once within it these shores be¬ 
come transformed into smooth and fertile banks, rising grad¬ 
ually from the water’s edge. Here and there are delightful 
watering-places, whose easy access from the adjoining towns 
and cities causes them to be thronged in the summer season 
with the fashionable and lovers of pleasure. As regards sail¬ 
ing, fishing, and sea-bathing, it possesses all the advantages 
of the ocean itself without its attendant dangers. 

Its entrance is narrow, and hence easily guarded. The 
National Government early saw the importance of this bay 
as a naval rendezvous and commercial highway, and has 
protected it by one of the largest and finest built forts in 
the country—Fort Adams. Its very name is a synonym of 
health, and remarkable stories are told of the longevity of 
near residents. 


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NEWPORT. 


Population, 15,693. Hotel — Ocean House. 

Newport is the most elegant watering-place in the United States, 
and it is on this account that the city itself has of late years attained 
such a distinction. It is a semi-capital of the State of Ehode Island, 
and is one of the oldest cities in the Union, and, therefore, aside from 
its “ present fashionable relations, ” is full of interest to the traveler. 
Its situation is near the southern extremity of the island of Ehode 
Island, just within the entrance to the Narraganset Bay, upon the slopes 
of a ridge of hills that extend northerly the entire length of the island. 
These hills, forming a high table-land, afford delightful building sites, 
overlooking the bay to the west, while towards the south and east can 
be seen the broad waters of the Atlantic. The earliest residences were 
erected near the shore, and many of them are still standing, present¬ 
ing a very antique appearance, and exhibiting a striking contrast to 
the more modern and palatial residences erected upon the hill. Thus 
we have, as in Quebec, the upper and the lower town, with this differ¬ 
ence—that the lower is the old town, while the upper is the new town. 
Its streets and squares are regularly grouped. 

Newport was settled as early as 1637, and grew rapidly to be one of 
the chief cities of the New World, and was incorporated as a city in 
1800. Until the Eevolution it was a formidable rival of New York, and 
as late as 1769 exceeded it in the extent of its foreign and domestic 
commerce. 

During the Eevolution the British long held possession of it, and at 
the time of its evacuation its population had become reduced from 
12,000 to 4,000. It had previously been a city of opulence, learning, 
and enterprise, but before leaving it the enemy ruthlessly destroyed 
four hundred and eighty buildings, cut down the shade trees, broke 
up the wharves, and carried off the church bells, the city records, and 
other valuable documents, to New York, leaving the place almost des¬ 
olate. It was thus left a ruined city. From this blow it has rteyer 

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fully recovered its former rank. Its wealthiest Gitizens were ruined 
in fortune, and the State was compelled to make appropriations for 
their benefit. 

As a city, Newport is a most desirable place of residence, and here 
large numbers of elegant villas have been erected by men of wealth, 
who spend their summers in its health-giving atmosphere. Every 
style of architecture has been employed, while lawns and groves and 
gardens of flowers display the highest beauties of nature assisted 
by art. 

Beyond doubt, Newport stands pre-eminent among the watering- 
places of America as the most fashionable and elegant. The “style ” 
to be seen upon a pleasant evening, driving or promenading in the 
vicinity of the Ocean House, is not surpassed in any city of the world. 

Among its public buildings is the State House, quite an ancient edi¬ 
fice of brick, surmounted with an octagonal cupola, containing, be¬ 
sides the legislative halls, the several apartments for the County and 
United States Courts. It also contains a city hall, several elegant 
churches and many buildings more than a century old, which are ob- 
j ects of peculiar interest. 

It has manufactories of carriages, cabinet ware, clocks, calicoes and 
muslins, etc. Its harbor is one of the best in the United States, being 
capacious, safe, easy of access, and containing sufficient depth of 
water to float the largest vessels. During the late rebellion it was the 
seat of the naval academy of the United States. It is strongly defended 
by Fort Wolcott, on Goat Island, and Fort Adams, on Benton’s Point, 
the latter one of the largest and strongest forts in the country, mount¬ 
ing 468 guns. This fortification will amply repay a visit, and is easily 
reached by small sail-boats that are always in waiting at the various 
docks to carry passengers across the harbor. 

Old Stone Mill, whose name is familiar in story and in song as 
being the most ancient structure, should come first in our enumera¬ 
tion. It stands in Touro Park, a ruined pile, whose history is envel¬ 
oped in darkness. No one is able to say with any certainty when, by 
whom, or for what purpose it was erected, though innumerable have 
been the conjectures as to all these. Some claim for it an antiquity 
which connects it with the Norsemen, who, it is supposed, built it as 
a lookout and tower of defense upon the frontier, when they landed 
upon these shores nearly nine hundred years ago. Others, with a less 
pretentious story, regard it as a mill, built by an early governor of the 

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NARRAGANSET BAY. 

island when it was still a colony. This governor, Benedict Arnold, it 
is maintained, owned it at the time of his death, and bequeathed it to 
his heirs under the name of his “ stone-built windmill.” This latter 
theory appears the most plausible. It is circular in form, and some¬ 
times spoken of as the ‘‘Round Tower,” is enclosed by a substan¬ 
tial iron paling, and is carefully cared for by the city authorities. It 
is viewed by every traveler with a strange curiosity. 

The Redwood Library, near the Opera House, was established by 
Abraham Redwood in 1750. Its building is a very handsome Doric 
edifice, erected in 1788 by Harrison, one of the architects of the Blen¬ 
heim House. It contains about 15,000 volumes, besides numerous 
busts and paintings, constituting one of the finest art galleries in the 
country, and is open to visitors. “ It originated in connection with a 
library and philosophical society, which was instituted when Bishop 
Berkeley, the famous idealist, lived on the island, and of which the 
Bishop was a prominent and illustrious member.” Through a dona¬ 
tion of £500 to this society by Abraham Redwood, for the purchase of 
standard works, this library was commenced. It has since received 
valuable additional gifts from time to time, and the building has been 
enlarged and improved. It is a place of general resort, and a “great 
boon ” to the reading public. Strangers are allowed a free entrance, 
and will find much here that will interest them. 

Trinity Church, was built nearly 150 years ago, and stands upon the 
site of the first Episcopal place of worship erected on the island. Here 
Washington, La Fayette, and other revolutionary worthies attended 
divine service. Its ancient and quaint appearance, with its high-backed 
pews, its pulpit in the center of the congregation, its venerable organ, 
presented to the church by Bishop Berkeley on his return to Dublin, 
contrast strangely with the modern inventions for a refined worship 
found in the sanctuaries of to-day. Around it, in the old cemetery, 
sleep the ashes of not a few illustrious men. Its historical associa¬ 
tions, connecting us with the fathers of the country, are an aid rather 
to true devotion in the worshipers. 

The Jewish Synagogue, on Touro street, was built in 1672, and, 
until the Revolution, was regularly opened for worship. It was then 
the only place in New England where Hebrew was chanted and read 
weekly. At that time there were many Jewish families of wealth 
upon the island. Abraham Touro left $20,000 in the hands of the city 
authorities, the interest of which is to be expended in keeping the 

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synagogue, the grounds, and the street leading ta it in repair. Those 
wishes are carefully complied with. It is built of granite, and pre¬ 
sents an imposing appearance. 

Washington Square is the principal square in Newport, and con¬ 
tains the City Hall, Commodore Perry’s House, the Mall—an enclosed 
triangular piece of ground, shaded with trees—and other “places of 
a civic character.” At the foot of the Mall is a fountain of granite, 
yielding a constant supply of fresh water. This square was named 
after Washington, who, at his first visit to Newport, passed through 
it on his way to Count Kochambeau’s headquarters, in a district of the 
city beyond. 

The Avenue is a magnificent drive and promenade, two miles long, 
lined on each side with elegant mansions and charming villas. It is 
eighty feet in width, macadamized, and is pronounced the best one 
in the country. On a pleasant afternoon in the summer months it is 
crowded with vehicles of every variety, presenting a most animated 
and gay appearance. 

On its left is the Ocean House, the most fashionable of the hotels, 
and the nearest the beach. It is of immense proportions, and will 
accommodate 600 guests. It is generally open from June 15th to Sep¬ 
tember 10th. The large increase in the number of cottages and pri¬ 
vate residences that are leased to families for the season, has rendered 
the hotel season shorter and less stirring than formerly. 

There are many beautiful drives in the vicinity of Newport, and 
numerous natural attractions to the visitor. The Avenue, of which 
we have spoken, has recently been continued by the city authorities. 
It extends first south two miles, thence west three miles, along the 
shore; thence north one mile; thence north-east to Bellevue Avenue 
three miles. The entire length of this drive is ten miles. From it an 
almost unobstructed view is afforded of the broad Atlantic. 

Purgatory, near Sachuset Beach, is the name given to an immense, 
dark chasm in a bold front of rocks, called the Bluff. It is 160 feet in 
length, from 8 to 14 feet wide, and 50 feet deep. It is supposed that 
these rocks were thus divided by some sudden upheaval of the range 
at this point, although others give it as their opinion that it resulted 
from the washing of the ocean at an early period in the world’s history. 
It requires some courage and nerve to step to the brink and look down 
into those “horrid jaws.” Near it are the hanging Bocks, “within 
whose shadow it is said that Bishop Berkeley wrote his Minute Phi - 
losopher. ” 








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The Glen is one of the “most charming and romantic spots on the 
island,” and is a favorite resort for picnic parties. It is situated on 
the east side of the island, about six miles from Newport, shaded with 
trees, having a small pond in the center, with an old mill on the one 
side, while to the right its waters find an outlet by tumbling over rocks 
into a stream that flows silently to the ocean. 

Newport Beach, upon the east side of the city and island, is not sur¬ 
passed in America. Here the Atlantic makes an entrance into the land, 
forming a bay more than a mile in width, lined with a beautiful white 
sandy shore, and sloping very gradually from the water’s edge. There 
are three fine beaches, called “Easton’s,” “ Sachuset,” and “ Smith’s.” 
Easton’s is the nearest, and the one generally used by the majority of 
bathers. It extends a mile in length, composed of smooth white sand, 
fringed with mosses and shells. It is dotted with bathing-houses in 
the bathing season, and offers facilities for enjoying the surf, not ex¬ 
celled by any beach in the country. It is so situated that there is no 
danger from under-currents, the water being shallow for some dis¬ 
tance seaward, while breakers follow each other in “majestic succes¬ 
sion.” A most interesting sight presents itself each day as the merry 
bathers, clad in unique and fantastic costumes, sport themselves in 
the surf. Ringing laughter and happy voices, with an occasional 
scream from some timid maiden, render the air resonant and the sight 
singular and amusing. 

Newport is the birthplace of General Nathaniel Greene and Commo¬ 
dore Oliver H. Perry, also of the gifted painters Malbone and Gilbert 
Stuart. Stuart made two copies of his great picture of Washington 
for Rhode Island, one of which may be seen in the State House at New¬ 
port. The Newport Mercury is the oldest newspaper in the United 
States; Benjamin Franklin was at one time its publisher. Its presses 
and material were buried while the British held possession of the 
town. In the vicinity of Newport are many delightful drives and 
walks, among'them that to the “Glen ” and “Spouting Cave.” Lily 
Pond, the largest sheet of fresh water on the island, is easily reached 
from Spouting Cave. The waters of this pond swarm with perch. 
Around Newport are fine fishing grounds, where lovers of this sport 
will find abundant opportunities to enjoy themselves. To obtain the 
best view of the city itself and the beautiful Narraganset, a walk to 
McGregor’s Hill, lying to the south-west, will prove pleasant and profit¬ 
able to the stranger to this locality. 

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COMMUNICATIONS. 

Newport is connected with Boston, Lowell, Fitchburg, New Bedford, 
Martha’s Vineyard and south-eastern Massachusetts by the Old Col¬ 
ony and Newport Bail way, and with New York by the Newport Line 
of elegant steamers. Between Newport and Providence the fine boats 
of the American Steamboat Company run four times a day, stopping 
at Bocky Point, on the west side of the Bay. The sail up the Bay is 
delightful. A steamer runs from Newport to Wickford, connecting 
with the B. B., thence to Wickford Junction, Kingston and Narrra- 
ganset Pier. 

With Newport as a starting-point, the other places of interest to the 
traveler, along the shores of the Narraganset,- are the following, of 
which each deserves a few words of comment: 

Bocky Point, Marked Bock, Greenwich, Providence and its sur¬ 
roundings, Vue De L’Eau, Smith’s Palace, Ocean Cottage, Warren, 
Bristol, Mount Hope, Fall Biver, Bristol Ferry, and Portsmouth Grove, 
with a mention of the principal islands which pass in review as we 
sail up or down the bay. 

NEWPORT HARBOR 

Is one of the finest in the world, having an entrance ten miles in 
width, and 29 fathoms in depth. Only in one instance has it been 
closed by ice since the settlement of the country. It is commodious 
enough to afford anchorage to the navies of the world 

Fort Adams, on Brenton Point to the south, is said to be the largest 
fort, excepting Fortress Monroe, in the United States. It was com¬ 
menced in 1814, and was not completed until 1860, at a cost to the 
Government of several millions of dollars. It is capable of mounting 
468 guns of the heaviest caliber, and has garrison accommodations for 
3,000 men. It may be visited at all hours of the day, and will well 
repay inspection. The most direct means of access to it is by some 
one of the many boats which are continually in waiting at the docks 
to carry passengers to it at a small charge. It may also be reached by 
the drive along the shore of the bay, which is delightfully pleasant. 

Directly west of the city, on Goat Island, there is another fortifica¬ 
tion; while on Dutch Island, west of the outer harbor, the Govern¬ 
ment is now building a large fort, to be called Fort Wolcott. 

Rose Island, in the mid-channel, between Newport and James- 
Island, contains a fort erected by the British years ago, and which 
from long disuse has now fallen into decay. 



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Canonicut Island is at the mouth of Narraganset Bay, and is nine 
miles in length by about two in breadth. On the northern part of the 
island is Canonicut Park, a spot made somewhat famous by the large 
amount of money spent there by the Sprague family in adding to its 
natural beauties. Some of the finest views of Narraganset Bay can be 
had from points in the park. Many summer residences have been built 
on the island, and it is well known and largely frequented as a sum¬ 
mer resort. 

NARRAGANSET PIER. 

Narraganset Pier, Washington Co., B. I. 

This popular watering-place must be classed among the most fre¬ 
quented and thriving of the recent candidates for public favor and 
patronage. Though more quiet than some of the seaside resorts, Nar¬ 
raganset offers the most attractive of summer pleasures, such as bath¬ 
ing, fishing, sailing, riding, and the indispensable charm of refined and 
agreeable society. The beach is one of the finest in America, and af¬ 
fords good facilities for both still and surf bathing. From the summit 
of Narraganset Heights, 400 feet above the Bay, fine views of the 
Ocean, the Bay, Point Judith, Newport, and ten or twelve villages, 
and the lakes of South Kingston may be obtained. A few years since 
the hotel accommodations were confined to some half dozen ordinary 
country boarding-houses. At the present time there are about-twenty 
hotels of very respectable pretensions, and among them several which 
offer to their guests all the comforts and luxuries which may be found 
at first-class houses. Among those most widely and favorably known 
are the Mount Hope Hotel, Mathewson House, Continental, Maxson, 
Tower Hill Hotel, Elmwood House, and Atlantic House. 

From Newport passengers can take steamer to Wickford, thence R. R. 
to "Wickford Junction, thence Shore Line R. R. to Kingston, thence 
Narraganset Pier R. R. to the “ Pier.” 

The R. R. route from New York to the “Pier” is via Shore Line 
R. R. to Kingston, and thence via Narraganset Pier Railroad. Passen¬ 
gers may leave the Grand Central Depot, in New York, at 8 A. M. or 1 
P. M., reaching Kingston on the first train at 3 P. M., and on the 
second train at about 6.30 P. M. the same day. 

From Boston visitors may take the Boston, Providence and Ston- 
ington Railroads to Kingston Depot on Shore Line R. R., and thence 
Narraganset Pier R. R. to the “Pier.” 

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Wickford, directly west of Canonicut Island, has rail connection 
with the Providence and Stonington Bailroad, and boats run from it 
to various points of interest. It is a popular summer resort. 

Greenwich Bay is a large body of water opening off from Narragan¬ 
set Bay, and is a noted place for its summer resorts. On the north 
shore is located the property of the Buttonwood Beach Associa¬ 
tion, which has been tastefully laid out and built upon. Many fine 
summer residences, plenty of good hotel accommodations, bathing- 
houses, pavilions, and spacious summer grounds are evidences of the 
popularity of the place. It is world-famous for the celebrated clam¬ 
bake, the center of attraction for thousands who visit its pleasant 
shore. Inclose proximity to each other are three favorite summer 
resorts—Buttonwood Beach, Oakland Beach, and Warwick Neck—all 
places that will repay a visit. 

Rocky Point is one of the best known and most picturesque places 
of resort on Narraganset Bay. A large amount of money has been 
expended here, until it now stands second to no other place, in the 
variety and number of its summer attractions. It is noted for the 
Bhode Island clam bake, which here reaches perfection. The delicious 
bivalve is served up in style and manner that cannot be excelled, and 
thousands visit it for nothing else but to participate in the fun, frolic, 
and epicurean pleasure of a clam bake. The bathing is very fine, 
much attention is paid to boating, and the fishing good. Hotel ac¬ 
commodations are first-class, and prices reasonable. 

Warwick Neck, situated on Greenwich Bay, and almost on Narra¬ 
ganset Bay, as it were combining the attractions of both these bodies 
of water, is rapidly assuming prominence as a summer resort with sea¬ 
side visitors. The bathing is excellent. Good fishing, superior boat¬ 
ing (both sail and row-boat), excellent drives, hotels provided with 
modern conveniences, ease of access, all combine to make this a charm¬ 
ing place of recreation and summer pleasure. At this place, as at all 
the summer resorts on Narraganset and Greenwich Bays, Bhode Island 
clam bakes are a prominent feature. 

Oakland Beach is located at the extremity of Greenwich Bay, with 
beautiful surroundings, and is one of the most picturesque and popu¬ 
lar of the seaside resorts. The bathing, boating and fishing are first- 
class. Excellent drives abound. The hotel grounds are extensive, 
handsomely laid out, and fitted up with attractions for summer visit¬ 
ors. A prominent feature here is the ample accommodations provided 
for shore dinners. 


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PROVIDENCE. 


Providence Co., R. I., 189 miles from N. Y. From Boston, 44. 

HOTELS.— City Hotel and Aldeich House. 

Providence, the second city of New England in commercial import¬ 
ance, was settled by Roger Williams, who fled from religions persecu¬ 
tion in Massachusetts, and here, in 1636, established the first govern¬ 
ment founded upon absolute liberty of conscience. 

A local government was organized in 1640, and in 1649 the settle¬ 
ment was incorporated as a town. The oldest part of this town, where 
the first dwellings were erected, is in the vicinity of St. John’s Church, 
on North Main Street. The “ Eoger Williams Spring ” in this vicin¬ 
ity still supplies water to the neighboring residents. 

In the easterly part of the city, on the bank of Seekonk River, the 
place is pointed out where he landed in 1636; and the greeting he re¬ 
ceived from the Indians, “What cheer?” has been incorporated into 
the city seal, which also includes a representation of the landing. 

The well-known artist, T. F. Hoppin, who resides in this city, has 
executed a fine picture of the event. 

During the Indian war, known as “ King Philip’s war,” Providence 
suffered severely. At one time it was nearly destroyed by fire, and 
its inhabitants almost entirely deserted it. 

During the Revolution many of its citizens became quite wealthy, 
and it has since made rapid and uninterrupted progress in wealth and 
prosperity, having been for many years second only to Boston among 
the cities of New England. 


Population in 1840. 23,172 

“ 1850 . 41,513 

“ 1855. 47,781 

“ I860. 50,666 

“ 1865 . 55,000 

“ !870. 68,904 

“ 1880.104,857 


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Its commerce was formerly extensive, including a large India trade. 
A considerable amount of coasting and some foreign trade is still car¬ 
ried on, but the larger portion of the wealth of the citizens is invested 
in different kinds of manufactures. 

LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY. 

Providence is situated 35 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, at the head 
of Narraganset Bay, on and between its two northern arms, called 
Seekonkand Providence Bivers. Running into the Providence River 
at its upper extremity, the Cove, in the center of the city, are the 
Moshassuck and Wonasquatucket Rivers. By the valleys of these 
streams and the Providence River the city is divided into three dis¬ 
tinct portions, of different heights above tide-water. The most eastern 
portion rises to an elevation of 204 feet, and is called Prospect or Col¬ 
lege Hill. Smith’s Hill, lying between the Moshassuck and Wonas¬ 
quatucket, is about 75 feet high on its level summit, and the western 
part of the city gradually rises to a level of about the same height. 
Providence River, extending from the Cove to Narraganset Bay, 
bisects the business portion of the city, and three broad bridges just 
below the Cove connect the portions thus separated. 

On account of the unevenness of the surface, but little regard was 
originally paid to regularity in laying out the streets, and the subse¬ 
quent additions were made from time to time without much order or 
system. In view of these facts, however, the arrangement of the 
streets is far from being so inconvenient as might have been expected. 
The leading thoroughfares converge to Weybosset Bridge, where the 
“East side” and “West side” are connected, and parallel cross¬ 
streets intersect these main thoroughfares, usually at right angles. 

Westminster street, extending from the bridge westerly, is the 
principal street for retail trade. The antiquated wooden buildings, 
built for residences and subsequently altered to places of trade, are 
gradually disappearing; substantial architecture is taking their places. 
The Arcade, containing 72 stores, mostly dry-goods and millinery, 
fronts on this street. The Academy of Music, Howard Hall, Low 
Block, and other fine large buildings, are also located here. This street 
is the fashionable place for trade, and on any pleasant afternoon is 
thronged with crowds, reminding one of Broadway, New York. 

Weybosset street is well built, containing many fine buildings. 
Here are congregated many of the banks and insurance offices; brokers 

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and moneyed men have offices here, and the expression and character 
of the street indicate active business. 

When the Providence and Worcester Railroad was built in 1847, 
“The Cove,” then a large, irregular sheet of tide-water, above the 
bridge, surrounded by hills, was selected for the location of the rail¬ 
road connections and the large general passenger station. The hills 
were accordingly graded down, and portions of the Cove filled up, 
leaving an elliptical basin in the middle, which was inclosed by a 
strong retaining wall, surmounted by an iron fence. Around this 
basin a fine public park or promenade, 80 feet wide, was laid out and 
adorned with shade trees, graveled walks, etc. The general passen¬ 
ger station is a large, tasteful, and commodious structure, near the 
bridge and the business portion of the city. 

Swan Point, located within the limits of the city, about three miles 
northeasterly from Weybosset Bridge, on a high bluff overlooking the 
broad expanse of the Seekonk River, is the site of an extensive rural 
cemetery of about 145 acres, tastefully and appropriately laid out 
with avenues and walks, and overhanging trees and shrubbery. 

The built portion of this city covers a large area, and the houses are 
principally constructed of wood. Many elegant brick and stone resi¬ 
dences occupy the elevated and commanding sites between Benefit 
street and Seekonk River, and are surrounded with beautiful gardens 
and grounds. Other portions on the west side are similarly orna¬ 
mented. Owing to the more level character of the surface, this sec¬ 
tion has expanded more rapidly, and over a larger surface than the 
east side, which, although the older, finds a powerful competitor in 
the rivalry which has sprung up between the two sections. 

MANTJFACTTJEES. 

A large portion of the wealth and industry of the city is engaged in 
manufactures of various kinds, some of it being carried on within the 
limits of the city, but far more in the numerous and extensive mills and 
factories operated by the fully employed and abundant water-power of 
the various rivers and streams of the surrounding country, including 
the Blackstone, Wonasquatucket, Pawtuxet, and Quinebaug Rivers, 
with most of which frequent and rapid communication is had by means 
of the railways converging here. Among the important manufactures 
carried on within the city may be mentioned the American Screw 
Co.’s works, occupying two very large establishments—one at the 

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north end of the city, and the other near its south line, on the west side 
of the river. This is the most extensive manufactory of wood screws in 
the country, and it has met with unexampled pecuniary success, hav¬ 
ing proved a mine of wealth to its fortunate stockholders. The Corlis 
Steam Engine Works, in North Providence, just without the city lim¬ 
its, are justly celebrated throughout this country and the world for 
the superior economy and efficiency of their steam engines. The 
Providence Steam Engine Co.’s works, on South Main street, are 
extensive and of high repute. A large locomotive manufactory has 
recently been established in the buildings formerly occupied by the 
Burnside Rifle Works, a little west of the Cove, from which immense 
quantities of arms were furnished to the Government during the war. 
The Providence Steam Cotton Mill, on Dyer street, the Union and 
Waterman Mills, at Olneyville, and the Oriental Mill in North Provi¬ 
dence, near the city line, manufacture large quantities of cotton goods. 
The Atlantic Delaine Mill is situated just without the city limits, at 
Olneyville. There are three large bleaching works within the city, 
and one in North Providence, near the city line. Allen’s Print Works, 
at the north end, and the Wonasquatucket Print Works, in North 
Providence, just over the city line, on the river of the same name, 
near Atwell’s avenue, are both very extensive. Besides these, there 
are eight iron foundries, numerous machine-shops, a large rolling- 
mill, two India-rubber factories, a large tool factory, including an ex¬ 
tensive armory for the manufacture of the Peabody repeating rifle, six 
gas-pipe manufactories, two chemical works, a large tape and braid 
manufactory, and innumerable smaller manufactories of various arti¬ 
cles. The manufacture of jewelry is one of the most important 
branches of industry. There are no less than 72 manufactories of 
these articles, of which many have offices and salesrooms in New York 
and Boston. There are also four manufactories of silverware, of 
which that of the Gorham Manufacturing Company stands pre-emi¬ 
nent throughout the country for the good taste and sterling character 
of their wares. 

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

Providence is highly distinguished for its literary and educational 
institutions.. Brown University was originally founded at Warren, in 
1764, and removed to Providence in 1770. It is situated on College 
Hill, east of Providence River, and commands an extensive, varied, 
and beautiful prospect of the city, harbor, and surrounding country. 

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It comprises five principal buildings, namely, Manning Hall, in which 
is the library, containing 33,000 volumes; Rhode Island Hall, con¬ 
taining the cabinet, chemical, and philosophical apparatus and lec¬ 
ture rooms; University Hall and Hope College, two large four-story 
edifices, occupied by students, and the laboratory, a large two-story 
brick and brown-stone building, recently built, and containing the 
most approved appliances and apparatus for chemical studies. Con¬ 
nected with the University is a scientific school, established for the 
benefit of those who do not wish to pursue a classical course. Brown 
stands among the first colleges in the country in its facilities for in¬ 
struction and the character and ability of its faculty. 

The Public Schools of Providence have obtained a high reputation 
for the thoroughness and efficiency of their training. They have been 
fostered with laborious care and at a liberal expense. The Friends’ 
Yearly Meeting Boarding School is beautifully situated on the eastern 
slope of Prospect Hill, occupying about 43 acres of grounds. The 
buildings are large and commodious. The institution is liberally en¬ 
dowed, and is in a highly prosperous condition. 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC. 

The City Hall is a picturesque old brick building, located on Market 
Square, near the bridge. The lower part, formerly used as a market, 
has recently been fitted up for city offices. 

The Custom House, containing also the Post-office and Internal 
Revenue offices, is a handsome granite building on Weybosset street, 
a little west of the bridge. The State House, between North Main 
and Benefit streets, is an ancient brick building of moderate size. 

The Athenaeum, on the corner of College and Benefit streets, is a 
tasteful and substantial granite structure, built on land given for that 
purpose by the heirs of Nicholas Brown and T. P. Ives, who also gave 
liberal sums toward the building and library. The library contains 
about 30,000 well-selected volumes, and a very commodious and well- 
supplied reading-room. 

Churches are numerous, of which some of the principal are: the 
First Baptist, on North Main street, the oldest in the city; Grace 
Church (Epis.), on Westminster street; the First Unitarian, on Bene¬ 
fit street; the Central Congregational, on Benefit street; and St. John’s 
(Epis.), on North Main street. 

The R. I. Historical Society’s building is on Waterman street, near 

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Brown University. It contains a valuable cabinet and library. Be¬ 
sides the libraries above mentioned, the Franklin Lyceum, and the 
Mechanics’ and Manufacturers’ Association, and the Young Men’s 
Christian Association have well-selected libraries of about 6,000 vol¬ 
umes each, and commodious reading-rooms. There.is also a scientific 
association, called the Franklin Society, who have a valuable cabinet 
of subjects, illustrative of natural history, etc. 

The State Prison is located in the north-west side of the Cove. The 
convicts are employed principally in making shoes. The Reform 
School, established in 1850, occupies the large building on Fox Point 
Hill, formerly a hotel called the Tockwotton House. It is under the 
direction of a board of trustees elected annually by the City Council, 
and provides accommodation for about 200 inmates. There are in 
Providence thirty-eight banks, besides seven savings banks and nine¬ 
teen insurance companies. 

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. 

The benevolent institutions of Providence are numerous, and are 
conducted upon the most approved systems. The Butler Asylum fot- 
the Insane is situated upon the western bank of Seekonk River, which 
here expands to a breadth of about a mile. The grounds occupy 
about 115 acres, beautifully variegated with woodland and cultivated 
garden, and from the windows of the building a surpassingly beauti¬ 
ful prospect of the river and surrounding country is afforded. The 
name was given in honor of Cyrus Butler, Esq., a wealthy citizen, 
who contributed $40,000 toward its construction. Nicholas Brown had 
already bequeathed $30,000, and $80,000 more were raised by the liber¬ 
ality of other citizens. 

The Dexter Asylum for the poor is just south of the Friends’Board¬ 
ing-School, on the east slope of Prospect Hill. It is a substantial 
brick building, 170 feet long and three stories high. Forty acres of 
ground, surrounded by a high stone wall, are connected with it, and 
skillfully cultivated with the aid of those inmates who are able to 
work. It is under the charge of the city authorities. This tract of 
land, with several others, was bequeathed to the city for the purpose 
byEbenezer R. Dexter, Esq, in 1824. 

The Rhode Island Hospital, occupying a commanding site on Eddy 
street, near the south line of the city, is a magnificent brick and stone 
edifice, in the Italian-Gothic style, recently erected by the liberality 
of private citizens, at a cost of nearly half a million dollars. 

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The Home for Aged Women is a handsome brick building, also 
erected by private liberality, on Fox Point Hill, just east of the Be- 
form School, and commands a fine view of the harbor and surround¬ 
ing scenery. 

The Providence Children’s Friend Society own and occupy a large 
brick building in the western part of the city, near Broadway, on To- 
bey street. This institution, under the charge of a society of ladies, 
provides a home for orphan children where they are well cared for, 
educated, and, when old enough, provided with employment whereby 
they can earn their own livelihood. 

COMMUNICATIONS. 

Five railroads diverge from Providence, namely, the Boston and 
Providence; the Providence and Worcester, extending up the valley of 
the Blackstone Kiver, through numerous important manufacturing 
villages to'Worcester, and connecting for Nashua and the White 
Mountains; the New York and New England, extending from Provi¬ 
dence to Hartford, and Newburgh, N. Y., passing up the populous 
manufacturing valley of the Pawtuxet, and across the State of Connec¬ 
ticut; the New London, Stonington, and Providence, passing through 
southern and south-western parts of the State; and the Providence, 
Warren, and Bristol Kailroad, extended to Fall Biver and Newport. 
The trains of all these roads, except the latter, leave the general pas¬ 
senger station on Exchange place, near the bridge. The Bristol station 
is on India street, near the lower end of South Main street. 

Steamboats run daily to and from Newport and Fall Biver, and, in 
the summer months, excursion boats run to numerous watering-places 
along the pleasant shores of Narraganset Bay. The magnificent Pro¬ 
vidence Line of Steamers, Bhode Island and Massachusetts, runs daily 
to and from New York, landing at their wharf at Fox Point. A weekly 
line of propellers runs direct to Philadelphia. 

The City Hallways run horse-cars through the principal streets con¬ 
necting the extremities of the city; also to Pawtucket and Central 
Falls, six miles north; Olneyville, two miles west; and South Provi¬ 
dence and Elmwood, two or three miles south and west. 

Vue De L’Eau commands a fine view of the Providence Biver and 
Narraganset Bay. It is a delightful suburban village, upon an ele¬ 
vated ground on east side, the shores here being steep and rocky. 
The Yue De L’Eau House is spacious and commodious, and its site 
one of the pleasantest along the bay. Among the neighboring at- 

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tractions are several shady groves, where picnics are frequently 
held in the summer season. About a mile south of Yue De L’Eau, 
on Sabin’s Point, is the Narraganset House, another pleasant sum¬ 
mer boarding-place. Half a mile east of this is a cemetery, containing 
the burial place of Thomas Willett, the first mayor of the city of New 
York. 

Squantum Beach, is a lovely spot, elegantly fitted up, and is the 
most select summer resort on the bay. It is owned and controlled by 
the members of the Squantum Club, who are famed for their generous 
hospitality and attention to guests. Its precincts are sacred to mem¬ 
bers of the club and invited friends. 

Ocean Cottage is open to the public, and is a favorite resort 
for thousands of summer tourists. It is just below Squantum Beach, 
and fully as attractive. Ample accommodations of all kinds are pro¬ 
vided in abundance. 

Silver Spring is a favorite resort, and well deserves to be so. Few 
places in Bhode Island are more frequented by pleasure-seekers than 
this is during the summer season. The transient visitor, the passing 
tourist, or the summer sojourner, can here find comfort, recreation 
and pleasure. Bathing, fishing, sailing, driving, in fact all the varied 
enjoyments of a seaside resort are at the command of visitors. 

Below Silver Spring are many delightful stopping-places, among 
which are Cedar Grove, Biverside, Bullock’s Neck, Bullock’s Point, 
Amawamscut, Nyatt Point, and other pleasant resorts. 

Nyatt Point, opposite Conimicut Point, commands a broad view 
of the bay, and possesses excellent bathing facilities. It is much fre¬ 
quented by seaside sojourners, who find its cool breezes full of health 
and comfort. Tourists are invariably charmed and delighted with 
Nyatt Point as a resort. It abounds in delightful bits of scenery, and 
picturesque sites are adorned with tasteful villas and charming sum¬ 
mer residences. Nature has done much for it, while art has been em¬ 
ployed with a lavish hand. 

WARREN. 

Warren, Bristol Co., R. I. Population , 4,007. 

Directly north of Bristol, on the Warren Biver, which flows into 
Narraganset Bay, is Warren, a quiet and pleasant town, with a good 
harbor, several churches and stores, three banks, a young ladies’ 
seminary, and a newspaper office. Although many of its inhabitants 
are engaged in agriculture, it has manufactories of oil, machinery, 

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paper-hangings, and other articles, besides a number of vessels en¬ 
gaged in the coasting trade. In early days it was a famous camping 
place for the Indians, and at the present time there is a spring named 
after the celebrated Indian chieftain, Massasoit, who was one of the 
most prominent characters of the early history of the nation. The 
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad affords an easy and direct 
communication to the numerous places of summer resort that abound 
in its neighborhood. 

BRISTOL. 

j Bristol, Bristol Go., B. I. Population, 6,028. 

The capital of Bristol county, R. I., is on a peninsula, extending 
south into the Narraganset Bay, on its eastern shore. It is fourteen 
miles south-east of Providence, and fourteen miles north-east of New¬ 
port, on an elevated plain, gently inclined to the shore. Its streets 
are regularly laid out, many of them beautifully shaded, and the whole 
town presents an air of comfort and thrift, enhanced by its pleasant 
location and the charming scenery in the vicinity. The extreme 
length of the town from north to south is about six miles, and its ex¬ 
treme width, three and a half miles. The village is situated on the 
east side of Bristol Harbor, which will admit vessels drawing 24 feet 
of water. Separating this harbor from Narraganset Bay, on the west, 
is Popposquash Neck, a beautiful peninsula with gently sloping 
shores, and the height of its land crowned with handsome residences. 
The name is thought by some to be a corruption of the Indian words 
papoose and squaw, while others refer it to a species of vegetable for¬ 
merly found there. Pokanoket, or Mount Hope, about two miles east 
of Bristol village, rises immediately from the western shore of Mount 
Hope Bay, to which it gives its name. It was formerly the favorite resi¬ 
dence of King Philip, a famous Indian chieftain, who for some years 
obstinately resisted the encroachmants of the whites, and kept up an 
organized hostility among the tribes of Southern New England. 

Pokanoket, or Mount Hope, is famous as the f ormer home of 
the renowned Indian chieftain, King Philip, the last of the Wampa- 
noags. It is situated on the east side of the bay, about two miles be¬ 
low Bristol, upon Mount Hope Bay, an arm of the Narraganset. No 
place in New England is so fruitful in Indian legends, and nowhere 
are the names of celebrated Indian warriors so well perpetuated as in 
this locality. Standing upon the summit of Mount Hope, a magnifi¬ 
cent panorama of these Rhode Island waters is spread before the vis- 

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NARRAGANSET BAY. 


ion. Here King Philip stood years ago and viewed his fertile lands 
and the same beautiful bay, and in imagination we fancy that we can 
now almost hear the whistling arrow and the rustling of the deer, 
which once were the only sounds to disturb the monotonous stillness. 
Here is the chieftain’s spring and his rocky throne—a natural seat in 
the mountain side. He was finally killed in this vicinity in 1676. 
It is not strictly a mountain, as its name implies, but a hill of mod¬ 
erate elevation. The prospect from its summit is the finest in all 
the region of the Narraganset, and well worth beholding. Immediate; 
ly beneath it, on the east, is Mount Hope Bay, with the city of Fall 
Biver five miles north-east, sloping down the hillside, at the entrance 
of the broad Taunton Biver, while in all directions may be seen a 
mingled landscape of land and water, made up of different portions 
of Narraganset Bay, its numerous branches or inlets, and the large 
and pleasant islands with which it is thickly studded. 

BRISTOL FERRY 

Is also a place of summer resort. The “Bristol Ferry House” is a 
pleasantly located hotel, accommodating about forty persons. Good 
fishing, boating, and bathing, combined with bracing sea air, are the 
principal attractions. There is a ferry from this point to Bristol. 

PORTSMOUTH GROVE 

Is a resort for pleasure and picnic parties from Providence, New¬ 
port, and Fall Biver. During the war it was the location of an exten¬ 
sive army hospital. Its healthful position rendered it peculiarly 
adapted for such a purpose. Near here are the celebrated Bhode 
Island coal mines. The main shaft has been sunk 1,265 feet below the 
surface of the earth on a slope of 33 degrees. This coal is a very sharp 
red ash, containing a large proportion of carbon, and an entire ab¬ 
sence of sulphur. It is considered the best coal for smelting copper 
and zinc ores, and is extensively used for this purpose, while it is at 
the same time regarded as superior for fuel. The quality seems to be 
constantly improving, and the supply inexhaustible. More than 
15,000 tons are mined annually. It is supplied with engines and 
breakers, and has a wharf and railway track to facilitate shipping. 

ISLANDS IN THE NARRAGANSET. 

The two largest are “Bhode Island” and James Island, which lie at 
its entrance, forming three passages to the bay—an east, and west, 
and central passage. The common route for steamers and vessels of 

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narraganset bay. 


much size is by the central passage. Prudence Island, north of New¬ 
port about ten miles, is some two miles in length, contains several 
farm-houses and fine farms. Hope Island lies directly west of Pru¬ 
dence Island, at its southern extremity. Patience Island, at its north¬ 
ern extremity, also to the west. Other smaller islands are scattered 
here and there, and are chiefly interesting by reason of the fine fish¬ 
ing grounds in their vicinity. 

FALL RIVER, MASS. 

This important manufacturing city is situated at the head of the 
eastern arm of the Narraganset Bay, where it receives the Taunton River. 
It takes its name from another river, the outlet of Watuppa Ponds, 
which lie about two miles east, flowing over a rocky bed between high 
banks, and furnishing a never-failing hydraulic power by a descent of 
over 130 feet into the bay. Its site is upon the side and summit of a 
steep elevation rising directly from the water’s edge, and affording a 
pleasant prospect. It has extensive manufactories of various kinds, 
and visitors will find instruction as well as pleasure by a visit to some 
of them. The manufactories are built of granite, and are massive 
structures. 

Its streets are handsomely adorned with shade trees, adding much 
to the comfort and beauty of the place. The main street of the city 
is lined with fine stores and public buildings. Fall River contains 
numerous elegant private residences. Sunset views seen from here 
are said to rival those in Italy, while the surrounding scenery is 
among the finest in New England. The town was nearly destroyed by 
fire in 1843, but has been rapidly rebuilt, and was incorporated as a 
city in 1854. Its commercial advantages are excellent, having a safe 
harbor, easy of access, and of sufficient depth to admit the largest ves¬ 
sels. Formerly this town was quite extensively engaged in the whale 
fishery. The number of vessels owned and employed here in 1860 
was about sixty. 


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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


OLD COLONY AND NEWPORT RAILWAY. 

The Old Colony Eailroad Company -was chartered in March, 1844, 
for the purpose of constructing a railroad from Boston to Plymouth, 
a distance of thirty-seven miles. The work was immediately com¬ 
menced, and in November, 1845, brought to completion. In 1846-7 
a branch was constructed to Abington, and opened in June of the fol¬ 
lowing year, while a second track was laid between Boston and South 
Braintree, the point of connection with the Fall Biver Eailroad. 

This was a consolidation of the Middleboro, the Eandolph and 
Bridgewater, and the Fall Eiver Branch Eailroads. The construction 
of the road from Fall Eiver to Myrick’s Station was commenced in 
1844, and opened for public use in June, 1845, affording access to Bos¬ 
ton via Taunton and Mansfield. The balance of the road, to its junc¬ 
tion with the Old Colony in Braintree, was completed and put in oper¬ 
ation in December, 1846. 

In September, 1854, the Old Colony Company was consolidated with 
the Fall Eiver Company, under the name of the Old Colony and Fall 
Eiver Eailroad Company. Since this consolidation, the road has been 
extended from Fall Eiver to Newport, and the company has assumed 
the name of the “ Old Colony and Newport Eailroad Company.” 

ROUTE, SCENERY, ETC. 

Starting at Newport, one of the pleasantest old towns and most fashion¬ 
able summer resorts in the country, it pursues a north-easterly direc¬ 
tion to Boston. For the first eighteen miles of its course it crosses 
nearly the entire length of the beautiful island of Ehode Island, through 
a fertile though somewhat hilly country, winding along the shores of 
the Bay, of which it affords frequent fine views, till, after crossing to 
the mainland, it reaches Fall Eiver, one of the largest manufacturing 
cities in Massachusetts. Thence it passes through a large number of 
thriving manufacturing towns and villages, many of which are rapidly 
increasing in size and importance; and through beautiful and popu¬ 
lous suburban towns and villages, to Boston, the metropolis of New 
England. The scenery along the entire length of this road is varied 
and pleasing, presenting many of the prominent features of the “ Old 
Bay State,” New England’s oldest colony. 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


CONNECTIONS. 

This railroad with its branches and connections, accommodates the 
south-eastern portions of Massachusetts, including Barnstable county, 
or Cape Cod, which is sometimes called, from its peculiar outline on 
the map, the “ great right arm of the Commonwealth.” It is also the 
main thoroughfare to New Bedford, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, 
and other popular summer resorts of the extreme south-eastern shore 
of New England. Besides the main line from Newport to Boston it 
has a prominent line reaching north from Weir Junction to Framing¬ 
ham, from which point arms diverge to Lowell and Fitchburg. 

At Bristol Ferry, connection is made by ferry with Bristol, B. I.; and 
from Fall Biver, the Fall Biver, Warren, and Bristol Bailroad extends 
to Warren, connecting with Providence and the manufacturing por¬ 
tions of Bhode Island. Steamboats also run daily from Fall Biver to 
Providence. From Fall Biver a branch of the Old Colony B. B. 
runs to New Bedford, connecting with steamers across Buzzard’s Bay 
and Vineyard Sound for Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. This is 
the most direct route from New York to these places and south-eastern 
Massachusetts. From Somerset Junction the old route passes through 
Myrick’s Station, Middleboro, Bridgewater, North Bridgewater, and 
Holbrook, to South Braintree, where the newer and more direct 
route through Somerset, Dighton, Taunton, Baynham, Easton, and 
Stoughton converges. 

From Taunton, the Taunton and New Bedford Branch extends, 
crossing the old route at Myrick’s, to New Bedford, twenty miles, 
connecting with steamers from Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. 
From Weir Junction a branch runs to Attleboro, and the great north 
line branch runs to Mansfield, Walpole, Sherburne, Framingham, 
whence are diverging arms to Lowell and Fitchburg. 

From Middleboro the Cape Cod Branch extends to Provincetown, at 
the extreme end of the peninsula, with branches from Tremont to 
Fairhaven, opposite New Bedford; from Buzzard’s Bay Station to 
Wood’s Holl, opposite Martha’s Vineyard; and from Yarmouth 
to Hyannis on the south shore. From South Braintree, the Old Col¬ 
ony portion of the railroad extends to Plymouth, 22 miles, passing 
through South Weymouth, Abington, and South Abington. A branch 
extends across from Bridgewater to South Abington, 7 miles. The 
South Shore Bailroad extends from North Braintree to Cohasset, 12 
miles. 


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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


PORTSMOUTH GROVE. 

Portsmouth, Newport Co., It. I., 16Sm.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 60. 

A resort for pleasure and picnic parties from Providence, Newport, 
and Pall River. During the war it was the location of an extensive 
army hospital. Its healthful position rendered it peculiarly adapted 
for such a purpose. The hospital buildings, with the burial-place in 
the rear, can be seen from the car windows. Town population, 1,979. 

COAL MINE STATION. 

Portsmouth, Newport Co., R. I., 170 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 58. 

Here is located the Rhode Island Coal Mine, which has claimed much 
attention a few years past. A company, with Major-General Couch as 
Superintendent, is working it successfully. 

BRISTOL FERRY STATION. 

Portsmouth, Newport Co., R. I., 173 m. fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 55. 

Is also a summer resort, with fine fishing, sailing, and sea-bathing. A 
ferry connects it with Bristol, R. L 

TIVERTON. 

Tiverton, Newport Co., R. I., 175 m. fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 53. 

Town population, 2,505. 

Another summer resort, with all the facilities for bathing and fish¬ 
ing. Here the Lecomt River or East Channel is crossed to the main¬ 
land on a well-built bridge, costing $75,000, with 75 feet of water un¬ 
der it in the main channel. Tiverton is noted as the battle-ground of 
the Indians in former years. Prom the “ Heights ” a fine view is ob¬ 
tained of the bay and islands with the country in its vicinity. The 
town contains three churches and several flour and saw-mills. 

FALL RIVER. 

Fall River, Bristol Co., Mass., 180 m. fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 48. 

Population, 48,961. 

This important manufacturing city is situated on Mount Hope Bay, 
the eastern arm of Narraganset Bay, where it receives the Taunton 
River. It takes its name from another river, the outlet of Watuppa 
Ponds, which lie about two miles east, flowing over a rocky bed be¬ 
tween high banks, and furnishing a never-failing hydraulic power by 
a descent of over 130 feet into the bay. Its site is upon the side and 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


summit of a steep elevation rising directly from the water’s edge, and 
affording a pleasant prospect. 

The principal manufactories are for cotton, wool, prints, iron, and 
the making of various kinds of machinery. About 240,000 spin¬ 
dles are employed in the production of cotton fabrics, of which nearly 
50,000,000 yards are turned out annually. These manufactories are 
built of granite, and are massive in their proportions. 

Its streets are handsomely adorned with shade trees, adding much 
to the comfort and beauty of the place. The main street of the city 
runs north and south, and is lined with fine stores and public build¬ 
ings. Tall Eiver contains many elegant residences, numerous 
churches, seven banks, a city hall, and several fine public school 
buildings. The sunset views seen from here are said to rival those in 
Italy, while the surrounding scenery is among the finest in New Eng¬ 
land. The town was nearly destroyed by fire in 1843, but has been 
rapidly rebuilt, and was incorporated as a city in 1854. Its commer¬ 
cial advantages are excellent, having a safe harbor, easy of access, and 
of sufficient depth to admit the largest vessels. Eormerly this town 
was quite extensively engaged in the whale fishery. The number of 
vessels owned and employed here in 1860 was about sixty. Across the 
bay is seen Mount Hope, which was once the home of King Philip 
and his tribe. It commands an extended view of the bay and the 
region around. Here is shown a natural seat in the side of a huge 
rock, with a cool spring of pure water at its base, where this Indian 
chieftain was wont to resort. Mount Hope is easily reached by sail¬ 
boats from Fall Eiver. 

From Fall Eiver the Providence and Warren Branch of the Old Col¬ 
ony E. E. diverges, crossing the Taunton Eiver on a magnificent iron 
bridge. The Fall Eiver Branch diverges eastward from Fall Eiver tcf 
New Bedford, connecting with steamers for Martha’s Yineyard and 
Nantucket. 

SOMERSET. 

Somerset, Bristol Co., Mass., 184 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 44. 

A town of about 2,000 inhabitants, on the west side of the Taunton 
Eiver. Here are the extensive iron works of the Mount Hope Iron 
Company, which manufactures nails and spikes, band and plate iron, 
shovels, and all kinds of iron and composition castings, amounting in 
value to $500,000 annually. Formerly ship-building was extensively 
carried on. 


52 


NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


Tlie express trains of the Old Colony and Newport Railroad leave 
the old route just above here and run over the new Dighton and Som¬ 
erset route to Boston, thus saving eight miles of travel. A substan¬ 
tial bridge is built over the river, 3,500 feet long, with two draw¬ 
bridges, each 80 feet wide, the whole costing $140,000. 

DIGHTON. 

Dighton, Bristol Co., Mass. 187 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 41. Pop., 1,791. 

A port of entry on the Taunton River. Here are several cotton and 
woolen mills, nail factories, etc. Ship-building was once a prominent 
occupation. Here is the celebrated “Dighton Rock,” or “Writing 
Rock,” as it is sometimes called, which attracts numbers of visitors. 
It is on the Berkeley side of the river, presenting a flat face toward 
the water, and is covered with “Runic characters,” inscriptions in 
hieroglyphics which it is impossible to decipher. It is the opinion 
of some learned men that they are the work of Norwegian adventurers, 
who, it is supposed, visited this coast about the year 1,000. The “Pil¬ 
lars of Hercules” are by some supposed to be represented among the 
sculptures. This rock is of fine granite, eleven feet long and four and 
a half wide. 

NORTH DIGHTON. 

Dighton, Bristol Co., Mass. 190 m.fr. W. Y. Fr. Boston, 38. 

A small village and post station of Bristol county. 

WEIR JUNCTION. 

Taunton, Bristol Co., Mass. 194 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, o4. 

A part of Taunton. It is the junction of the main line of the Old 
Colony and Newport Railroad, with the Taunton and New Bedford and 
the Northern Divisions. Passengers for New Bedford here change cars. 

TAUNTON. 

Taunton, Bristol Co.,Mass. 195 m.fr.N.Y. Fr. Boston, 33. Pop., 21,213. 

Taunton is situated at the head of navigation on the Taunton River, 
and is the capital of Bristol county. It is handsomely built, contain¬ 
ing many elegant private residences, enclosed with highly ornamented 
grounds. In the center of the city is a beautiful enclosure called 
“ Taunton Green,” over which are scattered fine shade trees, and in 
the vicinity of which are the public buildings and a fine hotel. Here 
are the court-house and jail, a number of churches and banks, and a 
fine academy liberally endowed. 


53 


FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


The second State Lunatic Asylum, a fine structure with three domes, 
is beautifully situated about a mile north-west of the green. It was 
opened in 1854, and has 250 patients. 

Taunton is the fourth grain and coal mart in New England, employ¬ 
ing upward of 3,000 tons of shipping in coastwise transportation. Its 
manufactures are extensive and various, consisting of locomotives, 
steam-engines, cotton and other machinery, nails, tacks, cotton goods, 
etc. The Taunton Locomotive Company turns out about fifty loco¬ 
motives annually, and the works of William Mason an equal number. 
The establishment of Messrs. Field & Son, for the manufacture of 
tacks and other small nails, is one of the most extensive and best 
known in the United States. The Old Colony Iron Company produce 
articles to the value of $1,000,000 annually. There is also some ship¬ 
building here,-and in the importation of breadstuff's it ranks as the 
third town in Now England. Among the prominent branches of in¬ 
dustry are six cotton factories, making 6,450,000 yards of cloth a year. 

A beautiful rural cemetery, called the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, has 
recently been laid out near here. In it has been erected a monument 
to the memory of Miss Elizabeth Pool, who, with others, came from 
Taunton, in England, in 1639, with a view to establish a church 
among the Indians. This was the first settlement made in the town. 
Eobert Treat Paine, a poet of celebrity, was born here. The town 
has good water-power at the junction of the Canoe and Eumford Eiv- 
ers with the Taunton. The New Bedford branch of the Old Colony 
E. E. diverges here for New Bedford, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket 
and south-eastern points. E. E. connection is also made here for 
Providence, and points west. 

RAYNHAM. 

Raynham,Bristol Co., Mass. 198 m. fr. N. T. Fr. Boston, 30. Pop., 1,681. 

The surface of this town is level and the soil light. The Taunton 
Eiver forms its southern boundary. It was settled in 1650, and be¬ 
came a town in 1730. The first iron forge in America was set up here 
in 1652, by James and Henry Leonard, emigrants from England. The 
original dam at the forge still remains, and the water it holds in check 
now drives the hammers which forge the largest anchors made. On 
the banks of one of the Eaynham ponds King Philip is said to have 
had a hunting seat, and, according to tradition, his head was depos¬ 
ited for a time in an old house (still standing) called the “Leonard 

54 


NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


House.’’ The town has extensive manufactures of anchors, nails, 
shovels, boot and shoes, etc. Iron ore is found within its limits. Its 
population is about 2,000, scattered in part over some 120 fine farms. 

EASTON. 

Easton, Bristol Co., Mass. 204 m./r. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 24. Pop., 3,902. 

This is the central village of the town of Easton, which is the north¬ 
eastern township of Bristol county. Tributaries of the Taunton River 
flow through the township, furnishing abundant motive pow er. About 
two miles south-west of the station is the “ Furnace Village,” where 
there are several foundries, thread factories, etc. Wilbur Pond, Ames 
Pond and Flyaway Pond, three beautiful sheets of fresh water, are 
situated in this town. 

NORTH EASTON. 

Easton, Bristol Co., Mass. 206 m./r. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 22. 

A large and flourishing village near the line of Norfolk county, hav¬ 
ing extensive manufactories of shovels, spades, hoes, forks, etc., owned 
by Oliver Ames & Sons, and employing about 250 hands. 

STOUGHTON. 

Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Mass. 209 m.fr.N.Y. Fr. Boston, 19. Pop., 4,875. 

Was formerly a part of Dorchester. Large quantities of gunpowder 
were made here during the Revolutionary war, the product of the salt¬ 
petre produced in the vicinity. There are two woolen and one cotton 
mills in the town, and boots and shoes are extensively manufactured. 
Over 1,000 persons are employed in this business, and goods to the 
value of over $1,250,000 produced. There was formerly a village of 
praying Indians here. A branch road connects it with the Boston and 
Providence Railroad. Its population is about five thousand. 

RANDOLPH. 

Randolph,Norfolk Co., Mass. 213 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 15. Pop., 4,027. 

The inhabitants of this town are largely engaged in the manufac¬ 
ture of shoes and boots, of which there are some fifty establishments, 
producing goods to the value of $1,700,000 annually; also a large steam- 
mill for the making of shoe boxes. Here are several churches and 
stores, and an elegant town-house, called Stetson Hall, in honor of 
Hon. Amasa Stetson, by whom it was presented to the town. It con¬ 
tains the Stetson High School for boys—a flourishing institution, 

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KAT10NAJL MONUMENT TO THE FOREFATHERS. 








































































































































PALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


richly endowed by this same gentleman. There are two villages in 
the township, called East and West Randolph, about a mile and a half 
apart, and having the railroad half way between the two. A little west 
of the village is Tower Hill, from which a tine prospect can be obtained. 

SOUTH BRAINTREE. 

Braintree, Norfolk Go., Mass. 217 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston , 11. 

This is the junction of the Old Colony and the Fall River Railroads, 
the former of which diverges to Plymouth, the landing-place of the 
“Pilgrims,” 26 miles distant. The inhabitants are largely engaged 
in the manufacture of boots and shoes. 

The Hollis Institute, incorporated in 1861, is located here. The 
Dighton and Somerset Railway diverges a couple of miles to the south, 
over which the express trains run, connecting with the Old Colony 
Railroad- 

BRAINTREE. 

J Braintree, Norfolk Co., Mass. 218 m.fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 10. Pop., 3,855. 

Here the soil is strong, and well repays cultivation, being watered 
by the Maniquet River, which affords a number of fine mill sites, and 
empties into Weymouth Fore River, at Braintree landing. Boots 
and shoes are extensively manufactured, also woolen goods, cordage, 
twine, crash, etc. The South Shore Railway diverges here for Hing- 
ham, Cohasset, and way stations. In 1827 a survey was made by the 
United States Government to unite the waters at Braintree and those 
of the Narraganset Bay by a ship canal, but the project was afterward 
abandoned. 

QUINCY. 

Quincy, Norfolk Co., Mass. 220 m. fr. N. Y. Fr. Boston, 8. Pop., 10,570. 

The south-western part of this town forms one complete body of 
granite, rising 600 feet above the sea level. Here are inexhaustible 
quarries of stone, which furnish a beautiful material for building, and 
which is exported in great quantities to all parts of the Union. The 
fwst railroad constructed in America was put in operation here to carry 
the huge blocks of stone from the quarries, three miles, to vessels in 
Neponset River. The village is one of remarkable beauty, situated on 
an elevated plain, near the center of the township. It contains a num¬ 
ber of churches and banks, and is handsomely built. It has manu¬ 
factories of boots and shoes, salt, etc. Quincy is celebrated as the 
birthplace of some of the most eminent men who have borne a part in 

56 


NEW YOBK TO BOSTON. 


the affairs of the nation. Among these are John Hancock, John 
Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Josiah Quincy. The estate of the 
Quincy family in this town is one of the finest in New England. A 
few miles west of Quincy the “Blue Hills/’in the town of Milton, 
can be seen, one of which was used a few yeairs since as a trigonome¬ 
trical station by officers engaged in a topographical survey of Boston 
harbor. It was also one of the stations of the State trigonometrical 
survey. After passing Wollaston Heights, an elevated site on the south 
shore of Massachusetts Bay overlooking Boston Harbor, we cross the 
Neponset Biver to Dorchester, now a part of Boston, and one of its 
most beautiful suburban wards. 

BOSTON. 

Hotels — Brunswick, Vendome, American, Crawford, Tremont, Revere, 
Parker, St. James, Young's, Adams. 

The metropolis of New England, and the second commercial city of 
America, occupies a peninsula lying between the Charles Biver and 
Boston Bay, which constitutes the old portion, or Boston proper, 
while included within the city limits are East Boston and South Bos¬ 
ton. The former is separated from Boston proper by a portion of the 
harbor, and the latter by a narrow creek—the outlet of South Bay. 
On the south-west it is connected with Boxbury by what is called the 
“Neck,” once a narrow isthmus, but now much enlarged, to make 
room for a rapidly increasing population. Its surface is very uneven, 
rising at three different points into elevations of considerable height. 
One of these, called Beacon Hill, is 138 feet above the sea level. It 
was called by the Indians “Shawmut,” and by the early English set¬ 
tlers “ Tremont,” or “ Trimount,” appellations that still cling to some 
of its principal avenues. In part owing to the unevenness of its sur¬ 
face, and because it was originally laid out upon no systematic plan, 
its streets are perhaps the most irregular of any city in the country. 
Becent improvements, however, have remedied some of these defects, 
so that Washington and Tremont streets, its principal thoroughfares 
and promenades, are convenient and capacious. 

As the oldest city of the New World it abounds with traditionary 
and historical associations, while for the high social culture of its soci¬ 
ety, the eminent literary talent of its numerous writers, the eloquence 
and ability of its public speakers, as well as for the enterprise and 
public spirit of its merchants and business men, it stands pre-eminent 
among the cities of America. 


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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


Its location is upon tlie best barbor on the New England coast, 
opening to the sea between two points nearly four miles distant from 
one another. It is sheltered from the ocean by the peninsulas, of 
which these two points are the extremities, as well as by a number of 
islands, between which are three good passages. Good anchorage 
ground is afforded by the harbor for vessels of the largest tonnage. 
Along the south side of the harbor lies South Boston. It embraces 
about 600 acres, and is handsomely and regularly laid out. It has 
numerous and extensive foundries, machine shops, and other manu¬ 
factories. At Alger’s foundry immense cannon are cast. Near its cen¬ 
ter, about two miles from the State House, are the famous Dorchester 
Heights, which the Americans fortified in 1775. They rise 130 feet 
above the ocean level, and afford a fine view of the bay and surround¬ 
ing country. Here is a capacious reservoir of the Boston Water Works, 
a large and well managed Asylum for the Blind, the Houses of Indus¬ 
try, Correction and Keformation belonging to the city. These occupy 
upwards of sixty acres of ground. East Boston occupies what was 
formerly known as Noddle’s Island. Previous to 1832 it was the pri¬ 
vate property of a few individuals, who then laid it out in streets and 
city lots. It is now an important business section of the great city, 
and is engaged in ship-building and various branches of manufacture. 
A wharf 1,000 feet long is devoted to the use of the Cunard line of 
steamers of Liverpool. 

Boston Common is one of the finest public parks to be found in any 
city. It occupies a central position, contains nearly 50 acres of roll¬ 
ing surface, with inviting walks beautifully shaded by giant elms, 
some of them more than one hundred years old. In the center is a 
small pond, the site of the ancient “Erog Pond," where a fountain 
sends up a stream 60 or 70 feet. These grounds are enclosed by an 
iron fence. The Common is bounded on the north, east, and south, 
by Beacon, Tremont, Boylston, and Park streets, upon which stand 
many of the finest and oldest mansions of the city. On the west, 
separated from it by Charles street, is the Public Garden, containing 
some 24 acres, ornamented with walks, artificial ponds and fountains, 
parterres of shrubs and flowers, and a fine conservatory. A stroll 
here is delightful, while near by are the magnificent avenues, with 
their elegant and costly buildings, on what is called “Back Bay.” 

Among its public buildings the State House is the most conspicu¬ 
ous. It stands on Beacon Hill, fronting the Common. Its dome, 50 

58 


NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


feet in diameter, 120 feet high, 230 feet above the sea level, affords a 
view unsurpassed by any in the United States. The entire city, the 
harbor with its islands and fleets, the Bunker Hill monument, innu¬ 
merable towns and villages, with the fertile fields between, lie out¬ 
spread before the eye in pictured beauty and distinctness. This edi¬ 
fice was begun July 4th, 1795, and completed in 1798. In front stand 
the bronze statues of Daniel Webster and Horace Mann, and upon the 
entrance floor, Chantrey’s marble statue of Washington, around which 
are grouped the colors of the different regiments of the State engaged 
in the late war, with trophies of the Revolutionary war. 

Faneuil Hall, called the “Cradle of Liberty,” is in Faneuil Hall 
Square. It is built of brick and is 100 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 
three stories high. It was built and given to the city by Peter Faneuil, 
a Boston merchant, in 1742, and rebuilt in 1768. The main hall is 76 
feet square, and'contains some fine portraits of distinguished Ameri¬ 
cans. It is used for political gatherings and public meetings, and is 
an object of interest and pride to Americans. Here in Revolutionary 
days orators fired the people with courage to resist British aggressions, 
and often since, its walls have echoed with the stirring eloquence of 
our greatest patriots and statesmen. 

Quincy Market, immediately east of Faneuil Hall, was when new 
the handsomest market building in the United States. It is built of 
granite; is two stories high, more than 500 feet long, and surmounted 
by a dome. Quincy Hall, the second story, is so constructed as to be 
in several apartments, or one, as the occasion requires. Annual fairs 
are held here, when it is connected with Faneuil Hall by a temporary 
gallery or bridge. The Boston Custom House is a huge granite struc¬ 
ture in the form of a cross, erected by the Federal Government at a 
cost of about $1,100,000. Its dome is 90 feet high, and from the roof 
a fine view of the harbor can be obtained. The Merchants’ Exchange 
building is fireproof, standing on the south side of State street. The 
front is built of Quincy granite, with four pilasters, each 45 feet high 
and weighing 55 tons. Here the great fire of 1873 was checked on 
State street. The new City Hall is of white Concord granite, and cost 
$600,000. In front of it stands the bronze statue of Franklin. The 
Old South Church, the shrine of Boston, is on Washington, near 
School street. It was built in 1729, on the site of a former one built 
in 1669. It is full of historic associations dear to every American, 
and will be kept as a reminder of the sacrifices of our fathers for our 

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PALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


liberties. The TJ. S. Post Office and Sub-Treasury building, on Milk 
and Devonshire streets, is an imposing structure of granite, costing 
from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. It is in the French style of archi¬ 
tecture, with an immense roof and groups of statuary in front. 
Space will permit scarcely a mention of Music Hall, with its big or¬ 
gan; the Masonic Temple, with its mediaeval architecture and in¬ 
terior antiquities; the Boston Public Library, with its 193,000 volumes 
and 100,000 pamphlets; the Boston Atheneum, with its 100,000 vol¬ 
umes and its gallery of statuary and painting; the Public Schools— 
the finest in the country; the churches, the hospitals, and institutions 
of benevolence, for all which Boston is famous. No description can 
do them justice. The visitor needs to see them. 

The suburbs of Boston have many attractions. Seven bridges, most 
of them free, connect Boston with neighboring towns and cities. 
Horse cars and stages run every few minutes to Charlestown, the site 
of Bunker Hill Monument, a granite column 220 feet high, with spiral 
steps inside to the top. Here are also the United States Navy Yard 
and naval depot. Harvard University, the oldest college in the coun¬ 
try, is in Cambridge, three miles from the city, and accessible by horse 
cars from Bowdoin Square. A mile west of the University is Mount 
Auburn Cemetery, covering 125 acres, diversified with hill and dale, 
beautified by art, and rich with a natural growth of forest trees. The 
region of country within ten or fifteen miles of Boston surpasses in 
beauty, good taste, and attractiveness of its residences, parks, lawns 
and gardens, that of any section of equal size in America, if not in the 
world. Here reside many of the merchants and business men of Bos¬ 
ton, who find the narrowness and contraction of the city limits un¬ 
suited to their tastes and necessities. 

The extensive commerce of the city with all parts of the world ne¬ 
cessitates extensive warehouses, docks, and shipping facilities, and 
numerous railroad depots, of which Boston has some seven, all com¬ 
modious and most of them beautiful structures. 

Bailway and Steamboat Connections. 

The Old Colony B. B. Depot is on the comer of Kneeland and South 
Streets. The depots of the Boston, Lowell and Nashua, the Eastern, 
the Fitchburg, and the Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Western Bail ways 
are in the northern part of the city, on Causeway street. The Boston 
and Maine B. B. Depot is on Haymarket Square, just south of tho 

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NEW YORK TO BOSTON. 


above. The Boston and Albany B. B. Depot is on Beach street, comer 
of Lincoln. The Boston and Providence B. B. Depot is on Pleasant 
street, near the Common. Steamers of the International Steamship 
Company leave Boston tri-weekly for Portland, Eastport, St. John and 
connecting points. Steamers of the Portland, Bangor, Mt. Desert and 
Machias Steamboat Company leave Bailroad Wharf, Boston, tri-weekly. 
Kennebec Biver Steamers leave Central Wharf every Tuesday and 
Friday in summer. The steamers of the Boston, Halifax and Prince 
Edwards Island Steamship Company leave T wharf, Boston, every 
Saturday for Halifax, N. S., Port Hawkesbury, Pictou, N. S., Charlotte¬ 
town, P. E. I., and connecting points. The Boston and Bangor 
Steamship Company's Steamers leave Lincoln’s Wharf every week day 
for landings on Penobscot Bay and Biver, Moosehead Lake and Mt. 
Desert. The Cunard and Allen Line run Ocean Steamers to Liver¬ 
pool, England, stopping at Halifax. Steamers also run to Philadel¬ 
phia and the southern ports of the United States. During the sum¬ 
mer months numerous excursion steamers are in readiness to take the 
visitor to Nahant, Chelsea Beach, and other places of interest within 
the Bay. 

Hotels op Boston. 

The Hotel Vendome, on Commonwealth avenue, corner of Dart¬ 
mouth street, in the “Back Bay District,” is the most palatial and 
imposing hotel structure in Boston. It is situated in the most ele¬ 
gant part of Boston, and, in its appointments and style in which it is 
conducted, it comports with the superb and aristocratic neighborhood 
that surrounds it. 

The Hotel Brunswick, on Boylston street, corner of Clarendon, 
south-west of the Common, is new and complete in every respect. 
The house is constructed and furnished with the most careful regard 
to the tastes and wants of a cultivated and refined public. To ac¬ 
complish a perfect result, time, labor, and money were, and are 
still, lavished. The hotel is easy of access, and still is in the most 
quiet and fashionable locality of the city. The street cars pass its 
doors. 

The American Hotel, a large, brown-stone building on Hanover 
street, with 400 rooms, is noted for its cleanliness and comfort. The 
management is efficient in every department. It is conveniently 
located both for business and pleasure; has an elevator, and all the 
appointments of a strictly first-class hotel. The prices are graduated 

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FALL RIVER AND NEWPORT ROUTES. 


according to the location of rooms, and are as low as the excellence 
of the accommodations and the abundant supplies of the table will 
allow. 

The Revere House has been recently renovated and partly remod¬ 
eled, and is kept in excellent style. Its reputation has long stood very 
high as an hostelry, and its charges are reasonable. Few hotels in 
Boston equal it in cuisine and real comfort. 

The Crawford House, on the corner of Court and Brattle streets, is 
very conveniently situated. It is a five-story brick structure, supplied 
with steam passenger elevator, running water, and other modern hotel 
conveniences. It will accommodate 200 guests, and is conducted on 
the European plan. 

The Parker House, on School street; Young’s Hotel, on Court ave¬ 
nue—both on .European plan; the Berkley, the Belmont, and the Tre- 
mont, on Tremont street, are also good hotels. 

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HALMA’S 

ITALIAN AWNINGS, 

Lawn 
Tents, 

campaign flags and hammock canopies. 

Tents of all sizes for sale or to let on reasonable terms. 

YACHT SAJLS A SPECJALTY^. 

Orders 1 0'y 'will receive Prompt 

H. P. HALMA, 

36 North Market St., Boston. 


















A CHAPTER ON “WHEELS.” 

Fourteen years ago the bicycle was an unknown quantity in vehicle 
iixechanics, and its existence in this country can claim about half of 
tnat antiquity, but it has so wheeled itself under the hearts of our 
people as to seem an old acquaintance; and in realizing its perma¬ 
nency andtiecessity, we have forgotten its short pedigree. Only seven 
years since The Pope Manufacturing Company, of Boston, turned out 
the first American-made bicycle, yet these few years have given the 
Columbia bicycle a name almost as familiar to city people or country * 
folks as Shakespeare or Robinson Crusoe; and it is quite probable 
that there are people who have read of the Columbia Bicycle who have 
never even glanced over the pages of De Foe’s masterpiece. The fin¬ 
ished results of skill, unusual enterprise, and keen foresight have 
raised another monument which stands in honor of American mechan¬ 
ics. The energy and push of this company have placed an entirely 
new industry upon a basis firm and permanent, and have given to 
“ The Hubthe largest bicycle house in the world. 

To ride a bicycle is to give oneself the acme of healthy, enjoyable, 
exhilarating exercise. The mind rests in the exercise of body, and 
the body receives a gentle, common-sense development. Not only does 
the bicycle give all these, but it furnishes a convenient means of transit 
from home to office, or from town to town. For a summer trip, a 
bicycle tour gives more real solid pleasure than any other recreation. 
One depends on neither cars nor carriages. He is his own horse as 
he wheels over hill and valley in a grand go-as-you-please-stop-when- 

you-want-to-and-come-back-when-you-feel-like-it vacation; and then to 

come home feeling good all over—mind clear, body vigorous, ready 
for business and able to work. 

The Columbia Tricycle is a model of mechanical skill and beauty, 
and is designed to occupy a favored place in the hearts of the ladies, 
as well as among the gentlemen who may prefer a three-wheeled to a 
two-wheeled steed. This season an important improvement has been 
added to the Columbia Tricycle. It consists of a power-gear, which 
enables the rider to instantly increase the leverage, and easily ride up 
steep grades and over rough places. Tricycling is extremely popular 
in England, where ladies of every rank of society enjoy this delight¬ 
ful exercise. Bicycling and tricycling are now firmly established on 
both sides of the water, and all classes of people—from the clergy, the 
lawyer, the physician, down to the boy or girl of eight years of age- 
enjoy this most healthful, exhilarating and common-sense exercise. 



GILMA ISPS 

Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s 

DINING, LUNCH AND OYSTIR ROOMS, 

48 & 50 Summer Street, 

Cor. Arch Street. BOSTON. 


Restaurant First-Class in every respect. 


The public will find this a very convenient place to dine or 
lunch, as it is situated in close proximity to the centre of both 
the wholesale and retail trade. 

Horse cars to and from all the depots and steamboat landing-3 
pass the door every five minutes. 

JOHN D. GILMAN, Proprietor. 





















OUT-DOOR LIFE AT THE VINEYARD 

















































































































SEASIDE RESORTS. 


PEQUOT HOUSE, New London, Conn. 

Next to Newport, the Pequot House, with its surrounding 
grounds and cottages, is the most elegant summer resort on Long 
Island Sound and the Northeastern Atlantic. It is situated about 
a mile south of the city of New London, below Fort Trumbull, 
on the southwestern shore of the entrance to New London Har¬ 
bor, one of the safest and most beautiful harbors on the New 
England coast, and through which the Thames Biver empties 
into Long Island Sound. The Pequot House and its cottages 
will accommodate 500 or more guests, who are chiefly from the 
best society of the metropolitan centers. It is elegantly furnished 
and its table is supplied with the choicest food prepared in the 
best style. Mr. C. B. Waite, formerly of the Brevoort House, 
New York, has purchased the Pequot Hotel property, and brings 
to its direction the experience of the superior management of 
that hotel, so justly commended for its elegance and luxury. The 
Pequot has been celebrated for many years as a summer resort of 
peculiarly delightful attractions; but under no management has 
there been greater assurance of elegant comfort than under the 
control of its present proprietor. The cottages contain from five to 
twelve rooms each, and are tastefully decorated and furnished, and 
supplied with gas, running water, and electric bells connecting 
them with the hotel office. The lawns of the hotel and cottages are 
extensive, and well adapted for the various outdoor sports, such 
as lawn tennis, archery, croquet, base-ball, etc., which now pre- ' 
vail at summer watering places. The sea-bathing is excellent, 
and not attended with the dangerous undertow of outside sea¬ 
shores, while the strong sea-air of the adjacent sound and ocean 
afford all the benefits of this exhilarating and invigorating exer¬ 
cise. The parlors of the hotel are spacious and elegant, and de¬ 
lightful music is furnished every afternoon and evening for the 
entertainment of guests. There are ample accommodations for 
private carriages, horses and coachmen, and the drives around 
New London, through Waterford and Groton vicinity, are ex¬ 
ceedingly beautiful. New London Harbor, at the eastern part 
of Long Island Sound, with its deep, safe and ample anchorage, 
and its proximity to the Atlantic, is a favorite rendezvous of the 
numerous yacht clubs. The harbor in summer is frequented 

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with these graceful, beautiful yachts, and the Pequot is the favor¬ 
ite resort of the families of such as enjoy the fascinations of the 
exciting and luxurious sport of yachting. Besides the superior 
attractions of the hotel and its connected cottages and lawns, 
there are numerous private cottages in the vicinity, worthy the 
title of villas, on account of their size, beauty and elegance, 
which add to the peculiar charms of this resort. Some of New 
York’s wealthy residents have their summer homes in the vicin¬ 
ity. Among the most elegant cottages are those of Mr. George 
C.. Havens, Mr. Lynch, Col. Tyler, Mr. Gordon Norie, Mr. Eum- 
mell, Mr. Chapin, Dr. Borland, Mr. Hammond, and other wealthy 
residents of New York and New England. The rowing regattas 
of the students of Harvard and Yale Colleges are now annually held 
in the latter part of June on the Thames River, just above New 
London. Around New London Harbor are many points of vivid 
historic interest. In 1781, in the war of the Revolution, New 
London was pillaged and burned by the British forces under 
command of the traitor, Benedict Arnold. Fort Griswold, on the 
opposite, or Groton side of the Thames River, was taken by as¬ 
sault, and its brave commander, Colonel Ledyard, and half the 
garrison were massacred. There is now a redoubt on the site of 
the old fort, and near it stands Groton monument, 150 feet high, 
in commemoration of the heroes of the American Revolution who 
fell here. During the war of 1812 New Loudon was the scene of 
military operations. The views of New London, the sound, the 
harbor, the Thames River, and surrounding hills, from the Groton 
side of the harbor are charmingly beautiful. Fort Trumbull, near 
the Pequot House, is one of the prominent defenses of the east¬ 
ern coast and the entrance of Long Island Sound from the At¬ 
lantic Ocean. It gives a sense of security and a military tone to 
the surroundings. Military parades and exhibitions are frequent 
in the summer season, and the Fort Trumbull military band is 
quite celebrated for its musical entertainments. 

There are steamboats running regular trips in summer from 
New London to Watch Hill, Block Island, Shelter Island, Green- 
port, L. I., and other points on Long Island Sound, which afford 
opportunity for various pleasant excursions over the salt waters 
to other summer resorts and points of interest. 

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Most Direct Route between New York and the 


WHITE MOUNTAINS, MONTREAL, 

AND ATX POINTS IN 

Vermont , JVew Hampshire and Canada. 


TAKE STEAMERS OF THE 


NORWICH & NEW YORK TRANSPORTATION CO. 


Whick leave PIER 40, NORTH RIVER, daily, at 5.00 I’.M. 
in Summer, and 4.30 P.M. in Winter. 


Connecting at New London with train of the New London Northern 
Railroad, which leaves New London at 5.00 A.M., daily (Sundays except¬ 
ed), passing through the most delightful parts of 

CONNECTICUT and MASSACHUSETTS, 

and arriving at BRATTLEBORO, Vt., at 10.30 A.M., where it connects with 
trains arriving in the White Mountains at 5.40 P.M. and Montreal at 8.30 P. M. 


TICKETS FOR SALE ON BOARD THE STEAMERS NAMED ABOVE. 


Ask for Tickets "via 

NEW LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD LINE. 


C. F. SPAULDINC, S. W„ CUMMINGS, 

Superintendent. Gen. Pass. Agent. 






DR, WALTER'S MOUNTAIN PARK, 


WE&mutE, e&i reading, seeks cq„ fa, 



This is a notable Sanatarium in which large nnmbers of feeble, tired or 
positively invalid persons seek recuperation. Its location is one of the 
finest in the country, and its arrangements are the most complete. The 

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1SH MOVEMENTS MASSAGE, ELECTRICITY, Etc., and connected 
with the institution is A FINE GYMNASIUM, while the grounds are more 
than ample 8 consisting of over 240 acres. The water supplies are especially 
mfie-worthy ^fountains, fish-ponds and running streams are always m view 
The table is unsurpassed, supplied with milk, cream and butter fromthe 

home dairp, and X fine’yt l?uits and vegetables from extensive gardens 
immediately connected. 

TERMS $2 per day or $8 to $15 per week. 

Circulars and full information^^free^on ^application to THE MEDICAL 

ROBERT WALTER, MJX 






WINDSOR HOTEL, 

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Open from June to October. 

The Equinox has been recently enlarged and improved and now has accommodations for 400 guests. 
Illustrated descriptive pamphlet of Manchester and vicinitv sent on application. 

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Forty-five minutes from New York by the Long Island Railway. Thoroughly select and first-class 
family resort. Theodore Thomas’ Orchestra. Finest beach, safest bathing. The children’s paradise, no 
malaria, no hay fever. For the first time, commutation tickets. Special inducement. 150 rooms at $21.00 

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HUDSON RIVER BY DAYLIGHT. 


NEW YORK AND ALBANY 

DAY LINE STEAMERS 

“ALBANY” and “ C. VIBBARD,” 

Leave New York, Vestry St., Pier 39, N. R. (adjoining Jersey City 
Ferry), 8.35 a.m. , and foot 22d St., N. R , 9 A.M., landing at Nyack 
and Tarrytown, West Point, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, 
Catskill and Hudson. Returning, leave Albany, 8.30 A.M., from 
foot of Hamilton St., connecting in New York with trains for Phila¬ 
delphia, South and East. 

CHOICE OF TWO ROUTES 

TO THE 

RESORTS OF THE CATSKILLS. 

CONNECTIONS. 

T>JROOKLYN —Annex leaves Fulton Street at 8.00 a.m. Leaves 
Vestry Street Pier on arrival of down boat. 

WEST POINT —With Stages for Cranston’s and West Point 
Hotels. 

POUGHKEEPSIE —With Stages for Lake Mohonk. 

PH I NEB ECK —With Ferry for Ttondout, and Ulster & Delaware 
R.R., for Catskill Mountain Resorts, and Walikill Valley R.R. for 
Lake Molionk. 

VAT SKILL —With Catskill Mountain R.R. 

HUHSON —With Boston and Albany R.R., for Chatham, Pittsfield 
North Adams, Lebanon Springs, etc. 

ALBANY —With New York Central R.R., for Niagara Falls, 
Buffalo, Watertown, Thousand Islands, and Western Points. 
With Rensselaer & Saratoga R. R., for' Saratoga, Montreal, and 
points north. With Albany and Susquehanna R.R. for Elmira, 
Watkin’s Glen, etc. 

DINING SALOON ON THE MAIN DECK. 

Meals served on the European plan. 

JgfTTRIP TICKETS from New York to West Point or Newburgh, 
returning same day, $1.0Q. To Poughkeepsie and return, $1.50. 






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Dr. F. Wilson Hurd’s Highland Home I 

Wesley Water Cure, 

DELAWARE WATER GAP, 

MONROE COUNTY, PA. 


This Institution is on a spur of the Blue Mountain Range, many hundred of feet 
above tide water. The Scenery is unsurpassed, while the Mountain Air is Fresh, 
Pure and Bracing. Every form of Malaria is unknown. The constant effort of the 
proprietor is to have the House combine all Modern Conveniences, with perfect 
Sanitary Arrangements. The Water, Air, Climate, Scenery, Walks and Drives, with 
every facility for Treatment and Home Comforts, are all that can be desired. Every 
form of Chronic and Acute Diseases, with a large proportion of Cases supposed to be 
incurable are here treated with most Excellent Success, and without the use of 
poisonous remedies. The Proprietor’s constant aim is to make his Institution a 

CHRISTIA1T S^L.2^Tia?-A.^I'Cr^, 

In the truest sense of the term, where guests and patients may be led to recognize 
that a propensity to hope and joy is real riches, while to indulge in fear and sorrow 
is real poverty. They who have good sound constitutions are rich. Good bones are 
better than gold, tough muscles than silver, and nerves that flash fire and carry 
energv to every function are better than houses or lands. This is our platform. 
Our friends stand ready by hundreds to attest its value. Send for Circular. 


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With WATER, WINE and MILK COOLER. 
The Best Meat, Fruit and Ice Preserver IN THE 
WORLD. 50 per Cent. Saving in Ice. No Drip. 
No Water on the Floor. 

50,000 IN USE. CENTENNIAL AWARD 1876. 

ALEX. M. LESLEY, Manuf’r, 

1336 Broadway, (Btw. 35th & 36th Sts.) New York. 
Send For Catalogue. 


LIFE PRESE RVING BOAT CUSHIONS! 

Boat Cushions made of Deer Hair or Alaska Down are su¬ 
perior to curled hair, being soft and comfortable, possessing 
four times the buoyancy of cork. Covered with a beautiful 
dark imitation leather, combining a luxuriant cushion and 
superior life-float. 

Description.— Surface measurement, 13 x 33 inches; thickness, 4 inches; weight, 
2% lbs. Guaranteed to support in water—deadweight—25 lbs. Price, $3. 00. 
(It requires but 10 lbs. buoyancy to support a live person in the water). 

State exact measurements and drawings for special orders for Boats, Yachts 
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PEOPLE S EVENING LINE 

BETWEEN 

NEW YORK AND ALBANY. 



During the Season of Navigation, the Steamers 


DREW, on ST. JOHN, 

Capt. S. J. ROE, Capt. THOS. POST, , 

WILL LEAVE JVEW YORK FOR ALBANY 

Daily, Sundays excepted, at 6 P.M., from Pier 41, North River, 

Foot of Canal Street. 

Connecting with trains for SARATOGA, LAKE GEORGE, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 
the ADIRONDACKS and Summer Resorts of the NORTH, 

EAST, and WEST. 


LEAVE ALBANY 

Every week-day at 8.00 P. M., or on arrival of trains from NORTH, EAST and WEST, 
connecting at New York with ALL EARLY TRAINS for the SOOTH. Meals on the 
European Plan. 

A special train LEAVING on LANDING in Albany at 7:30 a.m., for Howe’s Cave 
Sharon Springs and Cherry Valley, stepping from Steamer to Cars. 


FOR TICKETS IN NEW YORK. 

Apply at Company’s Office (Pier 41 North River); and at all principal Hotels and 
Ticket Offices in New York, and on board the Steamers. R. R. Office throughout the 
country. 

Tickets sold and baggage checked to all points WEST via N. Y. C. & H. R. R., & N. Y. 
W. S. & B. R. R; also tickets of above roads good for passage and state-room berth. 

W. W. EVERETT, J. H. ALLAIRE, M. B. WATERS. 

President. Gen. T. Agent . Gen. Pass. Agent. 













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THOUSAND ISLAND HOUSE, 

ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y. 

On the banks of the St. Lawrence River. First-class in every re¬ 
spect, magnificent situation, no malaria, no hay fever. Perfect drain¬ 
age, pure water, finest fishing in America. House refitted during the 
past winter at great expense. Prices to suit the times. A new route 
through the Adirondacks to Blue Mountain Lake. Special rates to 
families. 

-R. if. SOUTHGATE , Proprietor . 
JAS. C. MATTHEWS , Manager . 


































HIGH ROCK SPRING 

Saratoga Springs, .N\ Y. 


The oldest Spring in Saratoga. Visited by Sir William 
Johnson in 1767. The High Rock is the father of all the 
healing waters in Saratoga. The water is unsurpassed for 
the diseases of the Kidneys and Liver; also for Biliousness, 
Acidity of the Stomach, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Scrofula, 
and Headaches. 

High Rock Water is furnished in cases containing 4 dozen 
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We publish one of the thousand testimonials : 

Homer, N. Y., May 6, ’84. 

HIGH BOCK SPEING CO. 

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all suffering humanity. Yours truly, 

J. L. GBAYES. 

Address all orders and communications to the 


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ASK TPOPi -AJNTID 13 K SURE YOU GET THK 

BALLSTON SPA 

Artesian Lithia Spring Water. 

It is the best, and contains greater medicinal properties than ony other water 
known. To prevent imposition the corks are marked thus: 

ARTESIAN SPRING 
CO., 

BALLSTON, N. Y. 

The waters of this Spring are unsurpassed in mineral richness, and contain 
double the amount per gallon of mineral matter of any other known water that is 
used as a medicinal agent. It is a mild cathartic, an active diuretic, is quick in its 
action, a fine tonic and extremely pleasant to the taste. Its medical properties 
partake of the most celebrated Springs of the world, and in fact combine the in¬ 
gredients of all the principal ones in Europe and America. It is very strongly 
impregnated with that valuable Mineral Lithia, which is so effectual in dissolving the 
Chalk, or Limestone and Urate, deposits in Rheumatism, Gout and Gravel, and has 
been successfully used by hundreds in these diseases with quick and telling effect, 
as also in Kidney Diseases, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Acidity of 
the Stomach, Constipation and Piles, and has proved itself a panacea for these 
difficulties. 


ANALYSIS BY PROF. C. F. CHANDLER, PH. D. 


Chloride of Sodium. 750.030 grains. 

Chloride of Potassium. 33.276 “ 

Bromide of Sodium. 3.643 “ 

Iodide of Sodium. 0.124 “ 

Fluoride of Calcium. trace. “ 

Bicarbonate of Lithia. 7.750 “ 


Bicarbonate of Soda.. 11.928 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia. 180.602 

Bicarbonate of Lime. 238.156 

Bicarbonate of Strontia. .867 

Bicarbonate of Baryta. 3.881 

Bicarbonate of Iron. 1.581 

Sulphate of Potassa. 0.520 

Phosphate of Soda. . 0.050 

Biborate of Soda. trace. 

Alumina. 0.077 

Silica. 0.761 

Organic Matter. trace. 


Total per gallon (231 cubic in.) 


1233.246 


Carbonic Acid Gas.. 426.114 cub. in 

Density.. 1.0159 “ 

Temperature.. 52 deg. F. 

School of Mines, Cnlumbia College, N. Y., April 21, 1868. 

Persons using the water must be the judge as to the quantity they require 
One glass is usually sufficient at one time, still in some cases one-half of a glass and 
in others two may be taken with good results. 

The water is carefully bottled and packed in boxes of four dozen pints at the 
Spring, suitable for shipment to any part of the world, and will preserve its 
Medical Value for years. Its curative properties are as effective thousands of 
miles away, as at the Spring. 

DO NOT LET THE BOTTLES STAND ON END. 

Address ARTESIAN LITHIA SPRING CO„ 


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THE SARATOGA GEYSER 

NATURAL MINERAL WATER. 

CATHARTIC, ALTERATIVE and DIURETIC. 

A high authority says: “The Greyser Spring V/ater is the 
best adapted for Liver and Kidney Diseases, and is applicable 
to a greater number of persons than any Spring at Saratoga.’ 

For Dyspepsia this water is unrivaled. It contains more 
Soria and Magnesia combined (3iJ0,575 grains) than any other 
Saratoga Spring water. 

It is the only Saratoga water bottled without loss of its 
Natural Carbonic Acid Gras, and that drinlts from the bottle as 
fresh as at the Spring. 


TESTIMONIALS. 

Hon. John M. Shirley, Andover, N. H. 

“ I have used the Geyser for years. It is invaluable for those of sedentary pur¬ 
suits and especially overworked professional men. It relieves from indigestion, 
quiets the nerves and gives sweet sleep as nothing else can.’’ 


Rev. Theo. L. Cutler, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

“No water keeps its virtue in a bottle better than Geyser.” 

K. Hays, Eaq., Cleveland, 0. 

“ Have been using the justly celebrated Geyser Spring water for the last twelve 
years and would not be without it at any price. After having tried all, I consider it- 
the best universal mineral water in this country or Europe.” 


By the late Dr. W. H. Van Buren, New York City. 

“I find the Geyser water to be the best water in the United States for people 
using a milk diet, and the only water that will mix with milk like the German 
waters. I consider it the best of the Saratoga waters as a remedy for indigestion.” 


Kev. Howard B. Grose. Poughkeepsie, N\ Y. 

“Twice when ill through overwork and billious troubles combined, I have given 
Geyser water test as a remedy, and with such satisfactory results as lead me most 
heartily to commend it. Not only is it the most sparkling of the mineral waters, 
but its action on the liver and kidneys is prompt and remarkable. As a table beverage 
it is a source of health and a preventive of disease; as a remedy its value will at¬ 
test itself I am convinced wherever it is fairly tried.” 


A. D. Nickerson, Esq., Providence, R. I. 

“Next to being in Saratoga is the luxury of having at all times a case of Geyser 
water in the cellar. There may be other mineral waters as good, but I think none 
can be better.’’ 1 


Very Rev. Fra Leo, O. S. F., Franciscan Monastery, Winsted, Conn. 

“ The Geyser Spring water, has for several years, proved of great benefit to me.” 

Wm. Wippert, Esq., Buffalo, N. Y. 

“ Having had a severe attack of Kidney trouble. Geyser Spring Water has been 
very beneficial to me, and I am drinking it daily.” 


Prescribed in the Philadelphia Hospital for Skin Diseases, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Address, 

QETSER SPBIITG CO. 

Sarataga Springs, N. Y. 

Allen W, Evarts, Pres, Geo. E, Settle, Treas, Frank Jones, Sec’y. 











WILLARD’S HOTEL, 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 


This old-etablished and chosen rendezvous and favorite abiding- 
place of the most famous men and women of America has, under the 
present management, been thoroughly renovated at an expense of 
over $100,000, and is now pronounced as the model Hotel in regard 
to luxurious apartments, cuisine, service and system for heat¬ 
ing and ventilation. 

The “ Willard ” is located within a stone’s-throw of the Execu¬ 
tive Mansion, Treasury, War, Navy and State Departments, the De¬ 
partment of Justice, Corcoran Art Gallery, and other numerous points 
of interest, and can justly be called the most convenient Hotel for 
tourists and other travelers in Washington City. 

0. G. STAPLES, Proprietor, 

Formerly of The Thousand Island House. 




















THE 

Railway 

OFFERS 

Unequaled Inducements 

TO THE 

TRAVELER. 


IT IS SAFE . 

IT IS COMFORTABLE. 
ITS RATES ARE LOW. 


NEVER FORGET 

THAT 

YOU MAY RIDE IN 

Pullman Coaches 

OVER 

STEEL RAILS 

Through a country unsurpassed for its 

SPLENDID SCENERY 

IF YOU 

Take THE ERIE! 

JNO. N. ABBOTT, 

Gen 1 Pass’r Ag’t, N. Y. 



















-THE- 


MILLER ORGAN 

/S THE BEST ORGAN MADE. 


This is the verdict of those who have seen, 
tested and used it. The constantly increasing de¬ 
mand from all parts of the country for our Organs 
is unmistakable proof of their superiority. This 
liberal patronage has not been brought about by 
excessive advertising, not by promises to give two 
dollars’ worth for one dollar, not by exagerating 
the merits of our organs and decrying the merits 
of others, but by the making, from top to bottom, a 
No. 1 organ, and by selling at the lowest prices at 
which such excellence could be sold. ^^Write for 
circulars and prices. 

MILLER ORGAN CO., Lebanon, Pa. 





























New York’s Palatial Hotel, 

THE HOTEL “NORMANDIE,” 

Broadway, corner 38th Street, New York, 
WILL OPEN OCTOBER 1st, 1884, 

OUST THE EUROPEAN HIL^LISr,- 
Jtiir’ House Absolutely Fire Proof. 

PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE FOR FAMILIES AND TOURISTS. 

Will be STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS in all its APPOINTMENTS. 

Sanitary Arrangements Perfect, Location the Most Healthy in the City. 

FERDINAND P. EARLE, Proprietor. 


EARLE’S HOTEL, 

Corner CANAL and CENTRE STREETS, near Broadway, 

NEW YORK. 

One of the best Hotels in New York for Tourists, Professional and 
Business Men, Commercial Travelers, Agents, Etc. Elegant in 
appointments, centrally located, and most economical in prices. 

This Hotel has been Newly and Handsomely Furnished and Decorated, Contains a Grand 
Exchange, New Passenger Elevator, Railroad and Steam boat Ticket Office, 
Telegraph Office and Billiard Room.. 

Now conducted on the American and European Plan. 
American Plan, Room and Board, $2.50 Per Day. 

European Plan, Rooms only, $1.00 Per Day and Upwards. 

Special Attention to Ladies and Children Traveling Alone. 

FERDINAND P. EARLE, 


Owner and Proprietor. 



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JIM ASHINGTON 


JTOTEL, 


707-709-711 CHESTNUT STREET, 


C. B. CREAMER, Manager. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 


RflJFEjS, $2.50 PER DflY. 


HENRY KROGMAN, J. E. BURCHINELL, ELVIN THOMAS, Office Clerks 





DRINK THE GENUINE 

EXCELSIOR WATER 

OF SARATOG-A. 

CURES DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHES, CONSTIPATION, ETC. 

Sold on Draught and in Bottles by First-class Druggists and Hotels. 

The Genuine EXCELSIOR WATER 
is sold on Draught only through the 
Trade Mark. Ask your druggist for it, 
and he sure you get the “ EXCELSIOR” 
drawn through the Trade Mark as shown 
in the annexed sketch. Avoid Artificial 
and Recharged Waters. 

TRADE MARK 



The “ Excelsior ” Water is unequalled as a cathartic and diuretic, 
and is used with great success in treating diseases of the Liver and 
Kidneys. See below letters from two of our best known medical men. 


From Fortlyce Barker, M. D., of New York. 

I make great use of the various mineral waters in my practice, and I regard the 
“ Excelsior ” Spring Water of Saratoga as the best saline and alkaline laxative of 
this class. Sparkling with Carbonic Acid Gras, it is to most persons very agreeable 
to the taste, and prompt in action as a gentle Diuretic and Cathartic. 

_ FORDYCE BARKER, M. D. 

From Alfred L. Loomis, M. D., of New York. 

During my whole professional life I have been accustomed to use freely the 
Water of Congress and Empire Springs. About six months since, accidentally, I 
was furnished with a few bottles of the “Excelsior” (Spring Water, and found it so 
much more agreeable to the taste and pleasant in its effects than either Congress or 
Empire Water, that I have since used it myself, and recommend it to patients 
requiring a gentle Cathartic and Diuretic. A. L. LOOMIS, M. D. 


THE BOTTLED “EXCELSIOR” WATER 
is unexcelled, and retains all its properties unim¬ 
paired for years. 

Address FRANK W. LAWRENCE, 

Proprietor Excelsior and Union Springs, 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 















DRS. STRONG’S REMEDIAL INSTITUTE, 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

Popular Summer Resort, also open all the Year, for 
Patients or Boarders, permanent or transient. 


Location very pleasant, quiet, and within five minutes walk of the great 
hotels, Hathorn and principal springs, Congress Spring Park, and other sources 
of attraction. 

Bath department complete and elegant, and affords the only Turkish, Rus¬ 
sian, Roman, and Electro-thermal baths in Saratoga. 

It is the resort of many eminent persons, for rest and recreation as well as 
for treatment. Among its patrons are Rev. Theo. L. Cutler, D.D. (Brooklyn), 
Rev, Chas. F. Deems, D.D. (N. Y.), Rev. 0, C. (“ Chaplain”) McCabe. D.D., 
Rev. Jos. R. Kerr, D.D. (N. Y.), Rev. D. K. Pierce, DD. (Zion’s Herald), 
Pres. Roswell D. Hitchcock, D.D. (Union Theological Seminary), T. Sterry 
Hunt, L L.D. (Montreal), Medical Professors, Armor, Ross, Knapp, and many 
others well known. 

The proprietors, are graduates of the Medical Department of the University 
of the City of New York. The institution is endorsed and largely patronized 
by the medical profession. There is no appearance of invalidism. It is fur¬ 
nished with every appliance requisite for the treatment of Nervous, Lung, Fe¬ 
male and other chronic Diseases. In addition to remedial agents used in general 
practice are employed such special appliances as Turkish, Russian, Roman, 
Electro-thermal, and a great variety of Hydropathic baths. Galvanic and Faradic 
Electricity, Vacuum treatment. Inhalations, medicated, oxygen and compressed 
air, Movement cure, Health Lift, Calesthenics, the Mineral Waters, etc. 

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any money on plumbing, or send for pamphlet. 

DURHAM HOUSE DRAINAGE CO., 

No. 231 to 23 5 East 42d Stree t, NEW YORK. 

RECENT CONTRACTS, FROM $100 TO $10,000. 

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BOSTON’S PALACE HOTEL. 


The Hotel Brunswick, corner of Boylston and Clarendon Streets, in the famous 
44 Back Bay District ,’ 9 noted for its unequaled architectural grandeur, is 
one of the finest hotel structures in the world. Its furnishings are luxurious and 
exquisite, its location unsurpassed. Near it are the most noted structures in New 
England, including Trinity Church (Phillips Brooks), the New Old South, the Museum 
of Fine Arts, Institute of Technology, Society of Natural History, Harvard Medical 
School, Boston Public Library, Art Club, Public Gardens, Back Bay Park, and others. 

Elegant Horse Cars pass this Hotel every two minutes to and from the business 
section of the city. Pure water from Milford Springs, where the popular “ Ponemah” 
is bottled, is used exclusively. BAKIN ES A DdlVKLEE, Proprietors. 






































































































































































DINING ROOMS 


—OF— 



INGALLS & HATCH, 

76 & 78 Summer St., BOSTON. 


The public should constantly bear in mind that these 
Rooms are very centrally located, and accessible to all par¬ 
ties traveling over the Albany, Old Colony and N. Y. and 
N. E. Railroads. They are sufficiently near Washington 
street to be easily visited. 

Particular attention is called to the seating capacity, and 
to the space allowed to each patron. Everything fitted up 
for comfort and convenience, with suitable lavatories and a 
tonsorial establishment in the basement. Travelers occu¬ 
pying rooms at hotels conducted on the European plan will 
do well to dine here. 

The best material the market affords; cooked in the best 
manner, at the most reasonable prices. 

The proprietors are gentlemen experienced in their busi¬ 
ness, and the growing popularity of their enterprise is con¬ 
clusive proof of its excellence. 


OPEN FROM 5.45 A. M. TO 7.30 P. M. 
Remember the Numbers: 

76 and 78 Summer Street. 





Bogton’g palatial Hotel, 



COMMONWEALTH AVE. AND DARTMOUTH STREET 


IN EVERY RESPECT FIRST-CLASS. 

Conveniently Situated. 

Delightfully Surrounded. 

Grand in the Exterior. 

Elegant in the Interior. 

IT IS THOROUGHLY FIRE-PROOF. 


J. W. WOLCOTT, Proprietor. 

















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THE 


EASTERN RAILROAD. 

BOSTON TO PORTLAND, 

With its Connections, the JMaine Central It.JR., and Portland and 
Ogdensburg It.It., forms the 

GREAT THROUGH LINE AND EXCURSION ROUTE 

via BOSTON to 

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, 

MOUNT DESERT, 

and to all parts op 

MAINE AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES. 


Pullman Cars run on Day and Night Trains, between BOSTON and BANGOR, 

AND ON 

White Mountain Trains, Drawing-Room and Observation Cars, 
BOSTON and FABYAISJS, 

VIA 

NORTH CONWAY, GLEN, CRAWFORD, 

AND 

THE WHIT E MOUNTA IN NOTCH. 

Trains will leave Boston, during Sninmer Season of 1883, 

For Wolfboro, 9.25 a.m., 1.30 and 3.15 p.m. 

For North Conway, Glen House, Crawford and Fabyans, 9.25 a.m., 
1.80 p.m. 

For Portland, 7.30, 9.00 a.m., 12.30 and 7.00 p.m., daily. 

For Bangor, 9 a.m., 12.30 and 7.00 p.m., daily. 

For St. John and Halifax, 9.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m., daily, with Sleeping Cars Bos. 
ton to Bangor. 

For all the _ _ 

Famous Beaches 

on the Eastern Shore of New England, frequent trains are provided. 

ASK FOR TICKETS YIA EASTERN RAILROAD, 

THE SEASHORE ROUTE. 

PAYSON TUCKER, LUCIUS TUTTLE, 

General Manager. General Passenger and Ticket Agent, 






THE AMERICAN, 


BOSTON. 


CENTRAL LOCATION. PERFECT VENTILATION. 

UNEXCEPTIONABLE TABLE. 

PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE 

FOR FAMILIES AND SUMMER TOURISTS. 


SIX STAIRWAYS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. 

With, every security against fire. 

Horse cars connecting with all parts of the city 
pass the door. 


THE NEAREST FIRST CLASS HOTEL 

TO NORTHERN AND EASTERN DEPOTS. 


LEWIS RICE & SON. 


Hanover 9 

near Washington St, 










THIS 

was discovered by its 
present proprietors, and 
is the result of experi¬ 
ments, based upon 
many years experience 
as Pharmacists. It is 
wholly different from 
all other preparations 
ever used for these 
troubles; being perfect¬ 
ly harmless and agreea¬ 
ble; offering in those 
respects a marked con¬ 
trast to the DANGEROUS 
AND HARMFUL LIQUIDS, 
SNUFES AND CAUTERIZ¬ 
ING POWDERS. 

UNEQUALED FOR COLDS IN THE HEAD. 

Sold by druggists at 50 cents. 60 cents per package T>y mail registered. Send 
for circular containing full information and reliable testimonials. 

ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. 

For fifteen years I have been greatly annoyed with Catarrh, which caused severe 
pain in my head, continual discharges .into my throat and unpleasant breath. My 
sense of smell was much impaired. By a thorough use for six months of Ely’s 
Cream Balm I have entirely overcome these troubles. 

J. B. CASE, St. Denis Hotel, Broadway and 11th St., N. Y. 

I have suffered from acute inflammation in my nose and head. My eye has 
been for a week at a time, so I could not see. I have used no end of remedies, also 
employed a doctor, who said it was impure blood—but I got no help. I used Ely’s 
Cream Balm on the recommendation of a friend. I was faithless, but in a few days 
was cured. My nose, now, and also my eye, is weH. It is wonderful how quick it 
helped me. MRS. GEORGflE S. JUDSON, Hartford, Conn. 

ttj&rzr fever . 

“ Messrs. Ely Bros., Druggists, Owego, N. Y.: I have been afflicted for twenty 
years, during the months of August and September, with Hay Fever, and have tried 
various remedies for its relief without success. I was induced to try your Cream 
Balm; have used it with favorable results, and can confidently recommend it to all 
similarly afflicted.” ROBERT W. TOWNLEY. 

(Ex-Mayor) Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 27, 1879. 

Catarrh and Hay Fever.— For twenty years I was a sufferer from Catarrh of 
the head and throat, in a very aggravated form, and during the summer with Hay 
Fever. I procured a bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm, and after a few applications re¬ 
ceived decided benefit—was cured by one bottle. Have had no return of the com¬ 
plaint. CHARLOTTE PARKER, Waverly, N. Y. 

“Of the many Catarrh and Hay Fever remedies we keep in stock, there is none 
that has increased so rapidly in sales or given such universal satisfaction as Ely’s 
Cream Balm.” C. N. CRITTENTON, 115 Fulton St., New York. 

“Messrs. White & Burdick, Druggists, Ithaca, N. Y.: I recommend to those 
uffering (as I have been) with Hay Fever, Ely’s Cream Balm. Have tried nearly all 
the remedies I could find, and give this a decided preference over them all It has 
jiven me immediate relief.” C. T. STEPHENS 

Hardware Merchant, Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 6,1880. 


ELY’S 

CREAM BALM 

Causes no Pain . 


Gives Relief at 
once. Thorough 
Treatment will 


Cure . Not a Liq¬ 
uid or Snuff. Ap¬ 
ply with Finger . 
Give it a Trial . 


Catarrh 



hay-fever 


REMEDY 











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Cuts furnished from Pen and Ink Drawings, Wood 
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THE 

MUTUAL LIFE 

Insurance Company 

OF NEW YORK. 

Nassau, Cedar and Liberty Streets, 

F. 8. WINSTON, - - President. 

CHARTERED 1842. 


Assets, Jan, 1,1884, 


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